
Season 61 (2021)
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Episodes 14
Inside the Great Vaccine Race
The inside story of the high-stakes race to defeat a killer virus and save millions of lives.
Read MoreNature's Big Year
When humanity hits pause, nature reboots. Scientists discover the surprising ways pandemic lockdowns affected our planet.
Read MoreThe Machine That Feels
Artificial intelligence is becoming more empathic, emotionally intelligent, and creative. So what does it mean to be human?
Read MoreThe New Human
Disappearing tendons? Longer legs? Artificial body parts? What will humans look like in the future?
Read MoreChef Secrets: The Science of Cooking
The secret ingredient to becoming a better cook? Science! Top chefs and culinary experts explain the chemistry, physics, and microbiology of cooking
Read MoreCurb Your Carbon
Narrated by Ryan Reynolds, Curb Your Carbon reveals the easy and effective ways we can all fight climate change ... and turn down the heat.
Read MoreIn Your Face
We see faces in everything. Facial recognition is an evolutionary superpower unique to humans.
Read MoreIce and Fire: Tracking Canada's Climate Crisis
Goodbye backyard ice rinks, mountain glaciers, and forest biodiversity: what Canada might lose due to climate change.
Read MoreWhy We Dance
It may surprise you to learn that you are a dancer. In fact, we are all dancers. This film takes us into the beating heart of why humans simply must dance.
Read MoreCarbon: The Unauthorized Biography
The key element of life on Earth, it has the power to build and destroy.
Read MoreHow the Wild Things Sleep
Unraveling the secrets of the most extreme sleepers of the animal kingdom. Why and how do animals sleep? How do they deal with sleep deprivation? And do animals dream?
Read MoreThe Teenager and the Lost Maya City
A young Canadian is going on the adventure of a lifetime. He believes he knows the location of a lost Maya city, and he’s heading to Mexico to find it.
Read MoreThe Musical Animal
We know that humans are a musical species. We sing, we dance, we groove. But are we the only musical species?
Read MoreThe Science of Success
Success has little to do with performance, winners and losers are chosen by society. Now, scientists have discovered the secret to predicting success.
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