
Breakthrough
- ECHO: The Penguin's BodyguardS1 E86In Antarctica, a state-of-the-art robotic penguin, called ECHO, is changing the way scientists monitor wildlife. The autonomous yellow robot has been integrated into the penguin colony and is using remote sensing technology to monitor these now-endangered penguin colonies.
- The Great Seaweed InvasionS1 E83A giant mass of floating seaweed is invading popular beaches in the US and the Caribbean; scientists are racing to figure out how to protect the coast while tracking and studying this natural wonder.
- Fusion: Harnessing the Power of StarsS1 E80Humanity is closer than ever before to a perpetual clean power source after a team of scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain.
- Year of the AsteroidS1 E76While humans debate which is worse, dwindling resources or planet-killing celestial bodies, new breakthroughs in extra-planetary surveying and rocket propulsion are revealing the dichotomy of asteroids.
- Building the James Webb TelescopeS1 E70Scientists recount the challenges of developing the James Webb Space Telescope, the most expensive, largest and most advanced ever built.
- Voyage to VenusS1 E69For the first time in decades, NASA is sending two new missions to Venus designed to study and explore the planet's atmosphere, Earth-like composition and history.
- ICARUS: Tracking Creatures From SpaceS1 E68The ICARUS system monitors the movements and behaviors of Earth's creatures by using an antenna mounted on the International Space Station to collect tracking data, opening the door to new discoveries that might warn of natural disasters.
- Secrets of a Dog's NoseS1 E66A dog's sense of smell can do amazing things; Dogs can help humans sniff out all kinds of things that improve our lives, explosives, missing persons, illegal drugs; now the latest research is revealing that dogs can detect disease, even cancer.
- First Human LinkS1 E64A team of scientists believe there was a witness to the mass extinction of the dinosaurs who survived to allow humans to exist today.
- Drones in Space: Mars to TitanS1 E62Drones head into outer space with the Mars Helicopter's success paving the way for Dragonfly, a daring future mission to Titan.
- Noah's Ark for the HumansS1 E61Human bodies are habitats for bacteria, and many of the microbes are beneficial to us.
- Decoding MegalodonS1 E60By examining countless megalodon teeth from around the world, scientists have concluded that the prehistoric shark was able to achieve its gargantuan proportions by starting its carnivorous diet early in the womb.
- Peru's Mysterious Cloud WarriorsS1 E57Archaeologists and geneticists uncover surprising details about one of the most mysterious civilizations in pre-Incan South America; while many are familiar with the Incas, few have heard of the Chachapoyas, the people known as the Cloud Warriors.
- Coronavirus: Don't Blame BatsS1 E50Examining whether bats are to blame for the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The Earliest AmericansS1 E37New evidence suggests humans arrived in North America far earlier than previously thought, and that they might have traveled paths now submerged.
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