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Why So Many Cloud Types?

Why So Many Cloud Types?

Why So Many Cloud Types?

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New technologies are making rockets cheaper and more powerful than ever before. As companies like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic make space more accessible, and NASA returns to crewed spaceflight, a new era of space exploration may be on the horizon.

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Lost Viking Army - S46 E10

Bioarchaeologists investigate a ninth-century mass grave in a rural English village. Will the remains unlock the mystery of the "Great Heathen Army," a legendary Viking fighting force that once invaded England?

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Scientists use new technology to examine the Dead Sea Scrolls and newly surfaced fragments.

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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?

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Mystery Beneath the Ice - S43 E3

Scientists search for the mystery killer that's decimating the population of delicate shrimp-like creatures at the foundation of the Antarctic food chain.

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The Truth About Fat

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Looking for Life on Mars

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Rockies 2.0
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Cockatoo Excerpt
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DNA Patch
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DNA Vaccine
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Earthquake Test
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Virus Battery
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Robot Arm
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Hagfish Defense
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Slime Clothes
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Pitcher Plant
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SLIPS
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Hagfish
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Sneak Peek: Making Stuff Faster
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Eye Robot
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Bee Toxin
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CloudLab_Megastorm_06
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CloudLab_Megastorm_07
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Length 00:35 Premiere Date 5.28.13

CloudLab_Megastorm_02
Length 00:31 Premiere Date 5.28.13

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