Why Ships Crash
When the colossal Ever Given container ship crashed in the Suez Canal in March 2021, international supply chains ground to a halt. How did it happen? Follow the investigation into one of the most expensive shipping disasters ever.
Episodes
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Why Ships Crash
S49 E9 - 53m 31s
When the colossal Ever Given container ship crashed in the Suez Canal in March 2021, international supply chains ground to a halt. How did it happen? Follow the investigation into one of the most expensive shipping disasters ever.
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Dinosaur Apocalypse: The Last Day
S49 E7 - 53m 33s
The search continues for signs of what might have happened on the day the dinosaurs died. Scientists uncover remarkable evidence, including a near perfectly preserved dinosaur leg and what could be pieces of the asteroid itself.
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Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence
S49 E6 - 53m 33s
In North Dakota, scientists use new fossils to reconstruct what life might have been like just before an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. The site reveals remarkable evidence, including the unhatched egg of a pterosaur, a huge flying reptile.
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Determined: Fighting Alzheimer's
S49 E5 - 53m 28s
Follow three women at risk of developing Alzheimer’s as they join a groundbreaking study to try to prevent the disease – sharing their ups and downs, anxiously watching for symptoms, and hoping they can make a difference.
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Augmented
S49 E4 - 1h 25m
Follow the dramatic personal journey of Hugh Herr, a biophysicist working to create brain-controlled robotic limbs. At age 17, Herr’s legs were amputated after a climbing accident. Frustrated by the crude prosthetic limbs he was given, Herr set out to remedy their design, leading him to a career as an inventor of innovative prosthetic devices.
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Great Mammoth Mystery
S49 E3 - 53m 26s
Sir David Attenborough investigates a unique site in southern England where amateur fossil hunters uncovered giant mammoth bones and evidence of Neanderthals. A team of paleontologists and archaeologists soon discover that the site preserves rare evidence of the extinct beasts and early human inhabitants of Britain dating to over 200,000 years ago.
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Secrets in the Scat
S49 E2 - 53m 32s
Scott Burnett is “Scatman”—an Australian ecologist on the trail of the secrets of poop. By identifying and analyzing animal scat for DNA and hormones, he discovers essential details of their behavior, how they fit in the ecosystem, and even how to protect them.
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Arctic Sinkholes
S49 E1 - 53m 28s
Colossal explosions shake a remote corner of the Siberian tundra, leaving behind massive craters. In Alaska, a huge lake erupts with bubbles of inflammable gas. Scientists are discovering that these mystifying phenomena add up to a ticking time bomb, as long-frozen permafrost melts and releases vast amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
Extras + Features
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Predicting My MS Preview
S49 E101 - 38s
In 2005, filmmaker Jason DaSilva was diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis, a rare type of MS that has no known cure and inflicts progressively debilitating symptoms. In this moving personal film, DaSilva looks back on the challenges he’s faced, delves into the science behind MS, and investigates the potential risk factors that may–or may not–have contributed to his rare diagnosis.
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Predicting My MS
S49 E101 - 30m 37s
In 2005, filmmaker Jason DaSilva was diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis, a rare type of MS that has no known cure and inflicts progressively debilitating symptoms. In this moving personal film, DaSilva looks back on the challenges he’s faced, delves into the science behind MS, and investigates the potential risk factors that may–or may not–have contributed to his rare diagnosis.
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Why Ships Crash Preview
S49 E9 - 29s
When the colossal Ever Given container ship crashed in the Suez Canal in March 2021, international supply chains ground to a halt. How did it happen? Follow the investigation into one of the most expensive shipping disasters ever.
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Ice Age Footprints Preview
S49 E8 - 30s
Ancient footprints in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park reveal new evidence of Ice Age humans that walked the land alongside enormous ground sloths and mammoths—thousands of years earlier than archaeologists thought people were in the Americas.
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Dinosaur Apocalypse: The Last Day
S49 E7 - 29s
The search continues for signs of what might have happened on the day the dinosaurs died. Scientists uncover remarkable evidence, including a near perfectly preserved dinosaur leg and what could be pieces of the asteroid itself.
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New Fossil May Reveal Clues to Dinosaurs' Final Days
S49 E7 - 2m 44s
Watch scientists uncover what might be the first dinosaur fossil ever found from the day the dinosaurs died.
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Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence Preview
S49 E6 - 29s
In North Dakota, scientists use new fossils to reconstruct what life might have been like just before an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. The site reveals remarkable evidence, including the unhatched egg of a pterosaur, a huge flying reptile.
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Depression Can Affect Memory—and Mirror Signs of Alzheimer's
S49 E5 - 1m 57s
Depression, anxiety, and stress can have an effect on a person's memory that mirrors signs of Alzheimer's.
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How an Alzheimer’s study reached Black communities
S49 E5 - 2m 32s
Any investigator that doesn't understand how communities of color have been unfairly treated when it comes to research is doing themselves a disservice, says Gina Green Harris, director of Milwaukee Outreach.
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Determined: Fighting Alzheimer's Preview
S49 E5 - 28s
Follow three women at risk of developing Alzheimer’s as they join a groundbreaking study to try to prevent the disease – sharing their ups and downs, anxiously watching for symptoms, and hoping they can make a difference.
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Try Passing this Alzheimer's Screening Test
S49 E5 - 2m 54s
Two women enrolled in a long-running study of the factors that affect Alzheimer's take a test in which they have to memorize shapes and draw them.
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Climbers Tell Story of Mt. Washington Climbing Accident
S49 E4 - 5m 10s
Climbers Hugh Herr and Jeff Batzer recount an experience that led to them needing limb amputations.
Schedule
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Why Ships Crash
Sunday
May 22
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The investigation into how the Ever Given container ship crashed into the Suez Canal in March 2021, causing a major supply chain crisis around the globe. -
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Why Ships Crash
Sunday
May 22
1 Hour
The investigation into how the Ever Given container ship crashed into the Suez Canal in March 2021, causing a major supply chain crisis around the globe. -
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Why Ships Crash
Tuesday
May 24
1 Hour
The investigation into how the Ever Given container ship crashed into the Suez Canal in March 2021, causing a major supply chain crisis around the globe. -
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Why Ships Crash
Wednesday
May 25
1 Hour
The investigation into how the Ever Given container ship crashed into the Suez Canal in March 2021, causing a major supply chain crisis around the globe. -
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Why Ships Crash
Wednesday
May 25
1 Hour
The investigation into how the Ever Given container ship crashed into the Suez Canal in March 2021, causing a major supply chain crisis around the globe. -
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Ice Age Footprints
Wednesday
May 25
1 Hour
A look at what thousands of prehistoric footprints in New Mexico's White Sands National Park might reveal about the peopling of the Americas. -
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Ice Age Footprints
Wednesday
May 25
1 Hour
A look at what thousands of prehistoric footprints in New Mexico's White Sands National Park might reveal about the peopling of the Americas. -
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Ice Age Footprints
Thursday
May 26
1 Hour
A look at what thousands of prehistoric footprints in New Mexico's White Sands National Park might reveal about the peopling of the Americas. -
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Ice Age Footprints
Thursday
May 26
1 Hour
A look at what thousands of prehistoric footprints in New Mexico's White Sands National Park might reveal about the peopling of the Americas. -
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Ice Age Footprints
Sunday
May 29
1 Hour
A look at what thousands of prehistoric footprints in New Mexico's White Sands National Park might reveal about the peopling of the Americas. -
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Ice Age Footprints
Sunday
May 29
1 Hour
A look at what thousands of prehistoric footprints in New Mexico's White Sands National Park might reveal about the peopling of the Americas. -
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Ice Age Footprints
Tuesday
May 31
1 Hour
A look at what thousands of prehistoric footprints in New Mexico's White Sands National Park might reveal about the peopling of the Americas. -
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Ice Age Footprints
Wednesday
Jun 1
1 Hour
A look at what thousands of prehistoric footprints in New Mexico's White Sands National Park might reveal about the peopling of the Americas. -
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Ice Age Footprints
Wednesday
Jun 1
1 Hour
A look at what thousands of prehistoric footprints in New Mexico's White Sands National Park might reveal about the peopling of the Americas. -
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Touching the Asteroid
Wednesday
Jun 1
1 Hour
Spacecraft OSIRIS-REx attempts to grab a piece of an asteroid to bring back to Earth so scientists can study it to learn about the planet's origins. -
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Touching the Asteroid
Wednesday
Jun 1
1 Hour
Spacecraft OSIRIS-REx attempts to grab a piece of an asteroid to bring back to Earth so scientists can study it to learn about the planet's origins. -
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Great Escape at Dunkirk
Wednesday
Jun 1
1 Hour
Archaeologists and divers recover remains of ships and planes that were lost in Dunkirk, France, during World War II. -
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Great Escape at Dunkirk
Wednesday
Jun 1
1 Hour
Archaeologists and divers recover remains of ships and planes that were lost in Dunkirk, France, during World War II. -
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Touching the Asteroid
Thursday
Jun 2
1 Hour
Spacecraft OSIRIS-REx attempts to grab a piece of an asteroid to bring back to Earth so scientists can study it to learn about the planet's origins. -
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Great Escape at Dunkirk
Thursday
Jun 2
1 Hour
Archaeologists and divers recover remains of ships and planes that were lost in Dunkirk, France, during World War II.
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