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Fossils reveal how birds survived the killer asteroid and became today’s only living dinosaurs.
Follow the race to build a world-class airport on the site of one of America’s busiest flying hubs.
Mysterious bodies are found under one of the world’s most famous cathedrals.
From electric flight to artificial noses, engineers are finding new ways to preserve our planet.
Humans are born to roam. See how engineers are inventing new ways to explore and extend our range.
Is engineering humanity’s superpower? See how we can amplify our natural abilities in amazing ways.
Dive into the universe at the tiniest – and weirdest – of scales.
Meet the surprising, oddball worlds moving around our solar system.
Visit strange, frozen worlds to discover the bizarre ice that forms beyond Earth.
Discover the powerful volcanic eruptions that have shaped worlds across our solar system.
What are the weirdest worlds in our solar system, and how did they come to be?
Discover the dramatic forces creating spectacular weather on neighboring planets and moons.
Explore big discoveries that have revolutionized our understanding of the universe.
Follow the quest to recover DNA millions of years old for the very first time.
Explore the engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark, the tallest structure of its time.
New evidence reveals the real story of Easter Island and the builders of its stone heads.
Giant fossils uncovered in the Sahara Desert reveal new secrets of how whales evolved.
A family turns to science in their struggle to rediscover a history obscured by slavery.
The inside story of China’s meteoric rise to the forefront of global innovation.
How did Earth give rise to humans? See what made our species' existence possible.
How did life bounce back after a cataclysmic extinction wiped out some 90% of all species?
See how life made the leap to land, turning a barren landscape into a lush, green world.
See how Earth transformed from a barren hellscape to a planet capable of sustaining life.
Dive into the subconscious to see what’s really driving the decisions you make.
Specials
Follow the quest to recover DNA millions of years old for the very first time.
Using photo archives and ancestral knowledge, witness coastal erosion in Bristol Bay, Alaska.
In Northern California, Marine science is guided by Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation’s community and culture.
Reintroducing the hogan, an earthen Navajo structure that stays cool in the summers without AC.
Following a local Unangax̂ hunter, hear the realities of food access in the changing Arctic.
Ak-chin farming makes desert agriculture possible, and now, those practices help communities today.
The Southwest is in a megadrought, but Native Americans have survived them before.
Meet the people leading new efforts to shape the future of the Gulf of Maine and our oceans.
Explore Cashes Ledge - part of the Gulf of Maine that helps power the Gulf’s more than 3,000 species
Discover the lasting impact of how international trade forever changed the Gulf of Maine’s bounty.
Discover the fascinating chemistry that makes our world and everything in it—including us.
Discover the fascinating chemistry that makes our world and everything in it—including us.
Discover the fascinating chemistry that makes our world and everything in it—including us.
Evidence discovered in the world’s highest tombs reveals ancient rituals and beliefs.
This rock is what remains from one of the biggest volcanic eruptions ever.
It would take dramatic transformations to turn volcanic islands into the first continents.
These are the North Dakota Badlands
thousands of square miles of arid gullies and buttes.
When the sand is swept away the stromatolites are vulnerable to the seaweeds.
Tyler Lyson is a paleontologist who’s been digging up dinosaur fossils in these badlands.
It’s the tough Manhattan schist rock that’s allowed the city’s skyscrapers to soar.
Extras
Fossils reveal how birds survived the killer asteroid and became today’s only living dinosaurs.
Here are three moves in breaking, the newest Olympic sport, that appear to defy the laws of physics.
Competitive eaters stretch their stomachs beyond limits. Here’s what happens inside their bodies.
Mysterious bodies are found under one of the world’s most famous cathedrals.
Can scientists identify the man buried inside a mysterious coffin found under Notre Dame?
It’s not all in your head - flights really are bumpier these days.
From electric flight to artificial noses, engineers are finding new ways to preserve our planet.
Follow the race to build a world-class airport on the site of one of America’s busiest flying hubs.
Humans are born to roam. See how engineers are inventing new ways to explore and extend our range.
Is engineering humanity’s superpower? See how we can amplify our natural abilities in amazing ways.
Blending innovation and culture, engineers bring a robotic Double Dutch machine to life.
Dive into the universe at the tiniest – and weirdest – of scales.
Atomic clocks use quantum physics and the resonant frequency of atoms, like cesium, to define time.
Quantum entanglement defies our everyday understanding of reality.
Watch this interview with Sir Arthur C. Clarke for The Mind Machine (1978.)
Knights and firearms clashed on the battlefield for over 200 years.
Meet the surprising, oddball worlds moving around our solar system.
The moon Phobos has a mysterious origin but a certain expiration date.
Some large meteorites survive their descent through our atmosphere and land on Earth.
Visit strange, frozen worlds to discover the bizarre ice that forms beyond Earth.
As comets cross the invisible boundary known as the ice line, their ice starts turning into gas.
The ocean beneath Europa’s icy shell might be an ideal environment for life.
Discover the powerful volcanic eruptions that have shaped worlds across our solar system.
Io’s intense volcanic activity defies all expectations.
Hydrothermal vents in Enceladus’ ocean may hold the promise of life.
Enceladus’ small size and icy surface is no limitation to its extreme volcanism.
What are the weirdest worlds in our solar system, and how did they come to be?
For millions of years, a tiny moon has made a significant impact on the structure of Saturn’s rings.