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Dendrochronology
Episode 1898
One of the most essential aspects of archeology is dating objects found in the past, and one of the most critical tools in dating historic objects is…
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Star Wars
Episode 1897
A long time ago in a city far, far away….
A young director with several films under his belt had an idea for a movie. His idea was to create a modern…
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The Arctic and the North Pole
Episode 1896
Located above 66°33? Latitude North is the region we call the Arctic.
The Arctic is unlike any other environment on Earth, even the Antarctic. It is…
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Hannibal Barca and the Second Punic War
Episode 1895
In the third century BC, Rome faced its greatest enemy.
One man, a Carthaginian general named Hannibal Barca, led an army into the Italian peninsula …
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The Never Ending Voyager Missions
Episode 1894
In 1977, NASA took advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime alignment of the planets to send two probes to the outermost reaches of the solar system.
They …
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Leonardo da Vinci
Episode 1893
On April 15, 1452, a child was born, the illegitimate son of a peasant woman and a local notary in the village of Vinci, which was then part of the R…
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Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
Episode 1892
On October 13, 1972, a fight transporting a Uruguayan rugby club crashed into the Andes Mountains.
For the following 72 days, survivors of the crash…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Long Telegram
Episode 1891
On February 22, 1946, George F. Kennan, a career diplomat working in the American embassy in Moscow, sent an 8,000-word cable to the State Department…
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Six Degrees of Separation
Episode 1890
You may have noticed, on occasion, that friends you have from totally different parts of your life sometimes know each other.
It often comes as a su…
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The Germ Theory of Disease (Encore)
Episode 1889
For thousands of years, many theories have been put forward as to the cause of communicable diseases.
These theories ranged from the religious to th…
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