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Saving the Dead Sea

As the Dead Sea shrinks, engineers prepare a daring solution: connect it with the Red Sea by way of a massive desalination plant. If it works, it could stabilize the legendary lake and ease regional tensions. But will it put the environment at risk?
S46 E7 Length 53:15 Premiere: 4.24.19

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Learn what science can tell us about our relationship with cats. Did humans ever really domesticate felines?

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Scientists study why animals and humans need to sleep, what happens to the brain during sleep, and the role sleep plays in memory, trauma, and emotion regulation.

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For over 1000 years, chariots thundered across China's battlefields - dominating warfare longer than anywhere else on earth. Now, archaeological findings enable a team of experts to reconstruct and test China's first super-weapon.

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A look at the science behind the catastrophe includes eyewitness videos and on-the-spot reporting.

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Season 46

Animal Espionage
S46 E23 Length 53:29 Premiere Date 11.27.19

The Violence Paradox
S46 E22 Length 1:53:22 Premiere Date 11.20.19

Decoding da Vinci
S46 E21 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 11.13.19

Dead Sea Scroll Detectives
S46 E20 Length 53:25 Premiere Date 11.6.19

Look Who's Driving
S46 E19 Length 53:21 Premiere Date 10.23.19

Why Bridges Collapse
S46 E18 Length 53:09 Premiere Date 10.16.19

Rise of the Mammals
S46 E17 Length 53:17 Premiere Date 10.30.19

The Planets: Ice Worlds
S46 E16 Length 52:48 Premiere Date 8.14.19

The Planets: Saturn
S46 E15 Length 53:54 Premiere Date 8.7.19

The Planets: Jupiter
S46 E14 Length 53:18 Premiere Date 7.31.19

The Planets: Mars
S46 E13 Length 53:54 Premiere Date 7.24.19

The Planets: Inner Worlds
S46 E12 Length 53:49 Premiere Date 7.24.19

Back to the Moon
S46 E11 Length 53:39 Premiere Date 7.10.19

Lost Viking Army
S46 E10 Length 53:09 Premiere Date 5.22.19

First Horse Warriors
S46 E9 Length 53:09 Premiere Date 5.15.19

Inside the Megafire
S46 E8 Length 53:16 Premiere Date 5.8.19

Saving the Dead Sea
S46 E7 Length 53:15 Premiere Date 4.24.19

The Next Pompeii
S46 E6 Length 53:10 Premiere Date 2.20.19

Rise of the Rockets
S46 E5 Length 53:42 Premiere Date 2.13.19

Decoding the Great Pyramid
S46 E4 Length 53:44 Premiere Date 2.6.19

Kīlauea: Hawaiʻi on Fire
S46 E3 Length 53:21 Premiere Date 1.23.19

Einstein's Quantum Riddle
S46 E2 Length 53:34 Premiere Date 1.9.19

Pluto and Beyond
S46 E1 Length 53:51 Premiere Date 1.2.19

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