Episode 1
Aired Jan 9, 2007
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Scientists work on a pill that could extend the human life span; space elevators; satellite imaging helps uncover 2,000-year-old Mayan ruins.
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Episode 2
Aired Feb 6, 2007
Forgotten Genius
The grandson of Alabama slaves, Percy Julian became an industrialist, self-made millionaire, humanitarian and civil rights pioneer.
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Episode 3
Aired Feb 13, 2007
The Last Great Ape
Bonobo researchers return to the Congo to determine the effects of the civil war and the bush meat industry on the bonobo population.
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Episode 4
Aired Apr 3, 2007
Kings of Camouflage
Cuttlefish are able to change their skin color and even their shape to blend into virtually any background.
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Episode 5
Aired Apr 17, 2007
First Flower
Discovering the origin of flowers at a remote mountain region of China.
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Episode 6
Aired Apr 24, 2007
Saved by the Sun
Problems and possible solutions to global warming; renewable energies like wind and solar power.
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Episode 7
Aired May 8, 2007
Pocahontas Revealed
Archaeologists discover Chief Powhatan's capital, revealing more of the American Indian aspects of the Jamestown story.
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Episode 8
Aired Jun 1, 2007
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Epigenetics is changing how scientists think about identity, disease and heredity; Maya findings; students build prototypes for an elevator that could climb to space.
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Episode 9
Aired Jun 19, 2007
Bone Diggers
Unknown kangaroo species and the first complete skeleton of the largest carnivorous marsupial ever found are recovered from Australia's Nullarbor Plain.
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Episode 10
Aired Jun 19, 2007
The Great Inca Rebellion
Archaeologist Guillermo Cock examines mummies, victims of a battle pitting club-wielding Inca warriors against Spanish cavalry.
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Episode 11
Aired Jul 10, 2007
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Evidence suggests that sleep plays a crucial role in strengthening memories and facilitating learning in humans and animals; the Large Hadron Collider.
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Episode 12
Aired Jul 24, 2007
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Chemical switches inside human cells, the epigenomes, turn genes on and off; coded sculpture "Kryptos"; a 68 million-year-old tyrannosaur.
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Episode 13
Aired Oct 9, 2007
Secrets of the Samurai Sword
The craft of the traditional swordsmiths; samurai fighting school and the discipline of sword making.
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Episode 14
Aired Oct 16, 2007
The Ghost in Your Genes
Epigenetics investigates hidden influences that could affect one's health in the present and the health of future generations.
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Episode 15
Aired Oct 30, 2007
Marathon Challenge
People from diverse backgrounds train for the Boston marathon, including a woman running in memory of her mother, a single working mom, and a former NFL linebacker.
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Episode 16
Aired Nov 6, 2007
Sputnik Declassified
Before the founding of NASA, politics and personalities collide over early efforts to get America into space.
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Episode 17
Aired Nov 13, 2007
Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial
Conflict among parents, teachers and a school board erupts when the board orders teachers to read students a statement suggesting an alternative to Darwin's theory of evolution.
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Episode 18
Aired Nov 20, 2007
Master of the Killer Ants
The Mofu shaman in the Mandaras Mountains of northern Cameroon calls on the Jaglavak army ant to fight off an invasion of termites.
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Episode 19
Aired Dec 18, 2007
Missing in MiG Alley
Russian and American fighter pilots battle it out over MiG Alley, a strip of airspace above the North Korean-Chinese border.
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