Lee and Liza's Family Tree
With the help of scientists and genealogists, filmmaker Byron Hurt and his family members search for their ancestors. Follow their journey as they hunt for new details of a history long obscured by the enduring legacy of slavery.
Episodes
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Chasing Carbon Zero
S50 E6 - 53m 31s
Can the U.S. reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and avoid the biggest impacts of climate change? Experts say it can be done. Here’s the technology that could get us there.
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Weathering the Future
S50 E5 - 53m 31s
As extreme weather in the U.S. impacts more people – with longer heat waves, more intense rainstorms, megafires, and droughts – discover how Americans are fighting back by marshaling ancient wisdom and innovating new solutions.
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New Eye on the Universe
S50 E4 - 53m 31s
Join scientists as they use NASA’s brand new James Webb Space Telescope to peer deep in time to hunt for the first stars and galaxies in our universe, and try to detect the fingerprints of life in the atmospheres of distant exoplanets
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Ancient Builders of the Amazon
S50 E3 - 53m 22s
Recent discoveries in archaeology are exploding the myth of the Amazon as a primeval wilderness, revealing traces of ancient civilizations that flourished for centuries, with populations numbering in the millions.
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Star Chasers of Senegal
S50 E2 - 53m 20s
A NASA spacecraft named Lucy blasts off from Cape Canaveral on a mission to the Trojans, a group of asteroids over 400 million miles from Earth thought to hold important clues about the origins of our solar system. Just hours before, in Senegal, West Africa, a team of scientists sets out to capture extraordinarily precise observations vital to the success of the Lucy mission.
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London Super Tunnel
S50 E1 - 53m 20s
Thousands of engineers, technicians and workers race to build Europe’s biggest construction project–London’s new railroad, the Elizabeth Line.
Extras + Features
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When Whales Could Walk Preview
S51 E1 - 30s
A spectacular fossil graveyard reveals a 43-million-year-old whale that had four legs and could walk. Follow scientists as they search for new clues to how mammals moved from land into the sea to become the largest animals on Earth.
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Alaskan Dinosaurs
Tuesday
Jan 2
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Paleontologists discover that dinosaurs thrived in unlikely places such as the cold and dark Arctic Circle. -
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Alaskan Dinosaurs
Wednesday
Jan 3
1 Hour
Paleontologists discover that dinosaurs thrived in unlikely places such as the cold and dark Arctic Circle. -
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Alaskan Dinosaurs
Wednesday
Jan 3
1 Hour
Paleontologists discover that dinosaurs thrived in unlikely places such as the cold and dark Arctic Circle. -
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Arctic Drift
Wednesday
Jan 3
1 Hour
Scientists embark on a research expedition in the Arctic that brings clarity to predictions of global change. -
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Arctic Drift
Wednesday
Jan 3
1 Hour
Scientists embark on a research expedition in the Arctic that brings clarity to predictions of global change. -
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Arctic Drift
Thursday
Jan 4
1 Hour
Scientists embark on a research expedition in the Arctic that brings clarity to predictions of global change. -
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Arctic Drift
Thursday
Jan 4
1 Hour
Scientists embark on a research expedition in the Arctic that brings clarity to predictions of global change. -
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Alaskan Dinosaurs
Thursday
Jan 4
1 Hour
Paleontologists discover that dinosaurs thrived in unlikely places such as the cold and dark Arctic Circle. -
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Arctic Drift
Sunday
Jan 7
1 Hour
Scientists embark on a research expedition in the Arctic that brings clarity to predictions of global change. -
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Arctic Drift
Sunday
Jan 7
1 Hour
Scientists embark on a research expedition in the Arctic that brings clarity to predictions of global change. -
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Arctic Drift
Tuesday
Jan 9
1 Hour
Scientists embark on a research expedition in the Arctic that brings clarity to predictions of global change. -
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Arctic Drift
Wednesday
Jan 10
1 Hour
Scientists embark on a research expedition in the Arctic that brings clarity to predictions of global change. -
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Arctic Drift
Wednesday
Jan 10
1 Hour
Scientists embark on a research expedition in the Arctic that brings clarity to predictions of global change. -
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High-Risk High-Rise
Wednesday
Jan 10
1 Hour
The science behind the risks of sky-high buildings, from structural limits to threats presented by wind, fire and earthquakes. -
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High-Risk High-Rise
Wednesday
Jan 10
1 Hour
The science behind the risks of sky-high buildings, from structural limits to threats presented by wind, fire and earthquakes. -
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High-Risk High-Rise
Thursday
Jan 11
1 Hour
The science behind the risks of sky-high buildings, from structural limits to threats presented by wind, fire and earthquakes. -
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High-Risk High-Rise
Thursday
Jan 11
1 Hour
The science behind the risks of sky-high buildings, from structural limits to threats presented by wind, fire and earthquakes. -
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High-Risk High-Rise
Thursday
Jan 11
1 Hour
The science behind the risks of sky-high buildings, from structural limits to threats presented by wind, fire and earthquakes. -
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High-Risk High-Rise
Sunday
Jan 14
1 Hour
The science behind the risks of sky-high buildings, from structural limits to threats presented by wind, fire and earthquakes. -
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High-Risk High-Rise
Sunday
Jan 14
1 Hour
The science behind the risks of sky-high buildings, from structural limits to threats presented by wind, fire and earthquakes.
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