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Join scientists as they use NASA’s brand new James Webb Space Telescope to peer deep in time to hunt for the first stars and galaxies in our universe, and try to detect the fingerprints of life in the atmospheres of distant exoplanets.
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53:38
Explore big discoveries that have revolutionized our understanding of the universe.
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53:40
Find out who’s using your data and what you can do about it.
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53:34
Explore the spectacular cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse.
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53:30
Explore the promise and perils of new A.I. technologies.
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53:10
Follow the quest to recover DNA millions of years old for the very first time.
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53:29
Explore the engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark, the tallest structure of its time.
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53:17
New evidence reveals the real story of Easter Island and the builders of its stone heads.
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53:31
Giant fossils uncovered in the Sahara Desert reveal new secrets of how whales evolved.
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53:30
A family turns to science in their struggle to rediscover a history obscured by slavery.
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53:54
Follow the quest to create a lifesaving malaria vaccine.
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53:20
The inside story of China’s meteoric rise to the forefront of global innovation.
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53:15
How did Earth give rise to humans? See what made our species' existence possible.