Episode 1
Aired Jan 8, 2008
Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold
Groundbreaking discoveries over four centuries lead to freezing foods, refrigeration, and air-conditioning.
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Episode 2
Aired Jan 15, 2008
Absolute Zero: The Race for Absolute Zero
Groundbreaking discoveries made over four centuries which led to creations such as frozen food, refrigeration and modern air conditioning.
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Episode 3
Aired Jan 29, 2008
Secrets of the Parthenon
Scholars probe the planning and construction of the Parthenon, erected by the ancient Greeks as a temple to the goddess Athena.
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Episode 4
Aired Feb 12, 2008
AstroSpies
Author Jim Bamford goes to Russia to investigate the prototypes of the Almaz military space stations.
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Episode 5
Aired Feb 19, 2008
Ape Genius
The secret mental lives of great apes -- chimps, orangutans, gorillas and bonobos -- and what separates humans from them.
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Episode 6
Aired Feb 26, 2008
The Four-Winged Dinosaur
A reconstruction of the pigeon-sized microraptor, the smallest adult dinosaur ever found, sheds new light on how winged flight began.
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Episode 7
Aired Apr 8, 2008
Cracking the Maya Code
Pioneers decipher the Maya's system of hieroglyphics.
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Episode 8
Aired Apr 22, 2008
Car of the Future
Tom and Ray Magliozzi of NPR's "Car Talk" examine new technologies and ideas for transportation, including alternative fuel sources for cars.
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Episode 9
Aired May 13, 2008
A Walk to Beautiful
Three Ethiopian women with childbirth injuries find solace at a special hospital in Addis Ababa.
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Episode 10
Aired May 20, 2008
Lord of the Ants
E.O. Wilson became known as the architect of sociobiology through his study of ants; narrator Harrison Ford.
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Episode 11
Aired Oct 7, 2008
Arctic Dinosaurs
A field expedition to collect new fossil clues on Alaska's North Slope reveals details of the lives of polar dinosaurs.
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Episode 12
Aired Oct 14, 2008
Space Shuttle Disaster
Astronauts, their families and members of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board talk about the Columbia space shuttle tragedy.
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Episode 13
Aired Oct 21, 2008
Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
Mark Oliver Everett, lead singer of the EELS, travels America to learn about his estranged father, one of the country's top quantum physicists.
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Episode 14
Aired Oct 28, 2008
Hunting the Hidden Dimension
A new branch of math called fractals has opened up a path to scientific analysis and understanding.
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Episode 15
Aired Nov 11, 2008
Alien From Earth
Excavations at Ling Bua on the island of Flores, Indonesia, unearthed tiny human fossil bones.
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Episode 16
Aired Nov 18, 2008
The Bible's Buried Secrets
Scholars and researchers discuss the Old Testament and how the concept of one God emerged.
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Episode 17
Aired Nov 25, 2008
Ocean Animal Emergency
San Francisco veterinarian Frances Gulland and her team care for marine mammals affected by toxic algae blooms.
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Episode 18
Aired Dec 30, 2008
Is There Life on Mars?
Scientific results from NASA's twin robot explorers, Spirit and Opportunity, and the Phoenix probe, which "tasted" water ice on Mars in July 2008.
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Episode 19
Aired Jan 20, 2009
The Big Energy Gamble
The state of California's efforts to ensure a sustainable energy future include energy conservation and the development of new sources of carbon-free power.
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