Cjrt7qlGhl8pbs-eons-why-humanity-has-amnesia-about-giant-slothsPBS Eons | Why Humanity Has Amnesia About Giant SlothsEven though we once knew them pretty well, firsthand knowledge of giant sloths is now lost to time – including some of the most basic aspects of their biology and behavior.
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5p426fSlYH4pbs-terra-we-saw-what-ai-data-centers-dont-want-you-to-seePBS Terra | We Saw What AI Data Centers Don't Want You to SeeWe investigated one of the world’s largest AI data centers, using thermal drone footage to reveal the hidden pollution powering the AI boom.
ccPYvXx6NMwpbs-eons-the-second-to-last-mammoths-everPBS Eons | The Second-to-Last Mammoths EverAbout 5,700 years ago, on a small, isolated island off the coast of Alaska, a herd of woolly mammoths crossed a treeless tundra. But these weren’t just any mammoths.
-ellvM_GPWIpbs-eons-the-mystery-of-the-missing-deep-sea-fishPBS Eons | The Mystery of the Missing Deep-Sea FishDespite starting out in the water, the fossil record suggests that vertebrates conquered both the land and the air before they conquered the depths.
FMdrD_jcYgEpbs-space-time-we-found-galaxies-too-old-for-the-universePBS Space Time | We Found Galaxies Too Old for the UniverseThe James Webb Space Telescope found galaxies that are too ancient-looking for our young universe. You may have heard that, but it keeps finding them, and our recent efforts to solve this conundrum point in wildly different directions.
JWOErbTL9N4pbs-eons-how-dinosaurs-may-have-cursed-us-with-agingPBS Eons | How Dinosaurs May Have Cursed Us With AgingEven though the dinosaurs that once hunted us are long gone, we still, in a sense, may be living in their shadows.
PUDvZYXxMuQpbs-eons-when-the-earth-had-supermountainsPBS Eons | When the Earth Had SupermountainsSupermountains are so ridiculously enormous that, as far as we know, they’ve only ever formed twice, far back in deep time, and they lasted for just a small fraction of our planet’s history.
miPIUijJHdopbs-eons-why-evolution-made-your-teeth-hurtPBS Eons | Why Evolution Made Your Teeth HurtIf you’ve ever experienced dental pain, you've probably wondered why our teeth would evolve to function like an oversensitive alarm system.
mtctulFL1wopbs-eons-130-million-years-ago-the-world-caught-firePBS Eons | 130 Million Years Ago, The World Caught FireIt seems that for flowering plants to take over the world, first they may have had to help burn the old one away…and then put those fires out.
HxpkOym11pwpbs-eons-when-ancient-weeds-fooled-usPBS Eons | When Ancient Weeds Fooled UsAncient weeds began mimicking early crops again and again over the course of the agricultural revolution, as ancient farmers made similar mistakes in different places at different times.And it turns out, some of our closest plant friends today actually started out as uninvited guests that hid their true identity.
1ZJz-eFeHGInova-black-hole-apocalypse-2018NOVA | Black Hole Apocalypse (2018)Join astrophysicist and novelist Janna Levin on a mind-blowing voyage to the frontiers of black hole science, which is shining new light on the most powerful and mysterious objects in the universe.
s7Kp9Mw7w_wpbs-eons-when-a-tiny-land-bridge-triggered-an-ice-agePBS Eons | When a Tiny Land Bridge Triggered an Ice AgeOn land, the Isthmus of Panama kicked off possibly the greatest natural experiment in the history of life on Earth.
e9xOMOTTW6Upbs-space-the-gravity-particle-should-exist-so-where-is-itPBS Space | The Gravity Particle Should Exist. So Where Is It?Physics is this close to understanding the entire universe. And what lives in this gap?
PuHrtlJPk3opbs-space-time-why-life-on-mars-will-doom-humanityPBS Space Time | Why Life on Mars Will Doom HumanityRecent findings have brought us closer than we’ve ever been to confirming life beyond the Earth. As we wait for confirmation or otherwise, let’s think about what this will tell us about life everywhere, and also about our own imminent destruction.
Ivye51d5Vispbs-space-time-is-there-evidence-for-a-vast-multiversePBS Space Time | Is There Evidence for a Vast Multiverse?In 1987, Steven Weinberg wrote a cute little paper entitled “Anthropic Bound on the Cosmological Constant”.
HX1EfW3euY4pbs-space-time-why-the-multiverse-could-be-realPBS Space Time | Why The Multiverse Could Be RealThe multiverse pops out of quite a few theories in physics, and has been proposed as a solution to certain vexing problems.
iP2lH2EEr9Ipbs-terra-did-climate-skeptics-get-this-rightPBS Terra | Did Climate Skeptics Get This Right?Is global warming just part of Earth’s natural cycle? In this episode of Weathered, we break down why that’s not the full story.
k7AzHDaTHHopbs-terra-whats-really-under-antarcticas-icePBS Terra | What's Really Under Antarctica's Ice?If all of Antarctica’s ice melted, our coastlines would be drastically altered.
1ei9ZJ15Bj4pbs-eons-the-arms-race-that-made-insects-take-flight-2025PBS Eons | The Arms Race That Made Insects Take Flight (2025)Spiders and their ancestors have been driving an arms race that began before either stepped foot onto land and resulted in the first powered flight on Earth.
din1J2mZmc4pbs-eons-the-graveyard-at-the-center-of-the-earth-2025PBS Eons | The Graveyard at The Center of the Earth (2025)Scientists have been trying to solve the mystery of why plate tectonics works the way it does for over a hundred years. And they might have just uncovered a key to cracking it.
R9tJ4TkG0fUpbs-space-time-will-the-big-bang-happen-again-and-againPBS Space Time | Will The Big Bang Happen Again and Again?How did the universe begin? How can something come from nothing?
y4ouRg_RbVYpbs-eons-did-asteroids-spark-life-2025PBS Eons | Did Asteroids Spark Life? (2025)We may have planet-shattering asteroids to thank for the origin of life on Earth.
XMjLwmgipsApbs-eons-when-earth-ate-a-planet-2024PBS Eons | When Earth Ate A Planet (2024)Where did our unique moon come from? It turns out that lunar rocks brought back by Apollo astronauts are a clue, pointing to the origin of our closest cosmic companion, an origin even stranger than you might imagine…
26ZmKqLNSZ8pbs-space-time-can-a-particle-be-neither-matter-nor-forcePBS Space Time | Can a Particle Be Neither Matter Nor Force?All particles belong to two large groups: fermions like protons and electrons make everything we consider "matter", while bosons like photons and gluons transmit the fundamental forces.
NzOPAoRWOLgpbs-eons-when-the-atlantic-ripped-open-a-supercontinent-2024PBS Eons | When The Atlantic Ripped Open A Supercontinent (2024)While the eruptions of the volcanoes along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge usually don't trouble us, their birth was once responsible for ripping a supercontinent apart and creating the Atlantic Ocean that we know today.
WqcoMOxGWfspbs-eons-theres-no-single-cradle-of-humankind-2024PBS Eons | There's No Single Cradle of Humankind (2024)It would take decades for paleontologists to realize that maybe there wasn’t just one so-called "cradle of humankind," and realize that maybe they’d been asking the wrong question all along.
JK1BfPw7lnQpbs-terra-how-big-business-broke-recycling-and-blamed-youPBS Terra | How Big Business broke Recycling and Blamed YouRecycling has been the gold standard for fighting pollution for decades. But most plastics can’t be recycled and the companies that push for recycling are the ones often generating the most emissions and waste in the first place.
ZJqmyLCfA-Ipbs-eons-the-hazy-evolution-of-cannabis-2024PBS Eons | The Hazy Evolution of Cannabis (2024)How did such a strange plant like cannabis come to be in the first place? When and where did we first domesticate it? And why oh why does it get us high?
mH2aE0lk2XMpbs-terra-why-its-time-to-stop-saving-the-planet-2024PBS Terra | Why It's Time to Stop Saving the Planet (2024)We care about the planet. But what if it's time to stop "saving it"?
kauDsIeIMxspbs-eons-when-did-we-start-practicing-medicine-2024PBS Eons | When Did We Start Practicing Medicine? (2024)When did practicing medicine - in its varied, complex forms (from sharing medicinal plants to the earliest surgeries) - become something that we actually started doing?