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Science Wednesdays: Meteor Strike

Meteor Strike

A blinding flash of light streaked across the Russian sky, followed by a shuddering blast strong enough to damage buildings and send more than 1,000 people to the hospital. On the morning of February 15, 2013, a 7,000-ton asteroid crashed into the Earth’s atmosphere.

Science Wednesdays: Battle For The Elephants

Battle For The Elephants

The elephant, Earth’s most charismatic and majestic land animal, today faces market forces driving the value of its tusks to levels once reserved for gold. In this groundbreaking National Geographic special, follow journalists Bryan Christy and Aidan Hartley as they go undercover and inside the criminal network behind ivory's supply and demand.

Science Wednesday: The Intelligent and Adaptable Crow

Crow

Crows live everywhere in the world except Antarctica and are a part of myths and legends in many cultures. Their reputation in the stories varies from comical to frightening, godlike or wise, bringers of light and bringers of death, though a “murder” of crows refers to a flock of crows, and not to anything murderous, at all. They may be all these things, but what we are learning is that they are especially smart.

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NOVA

What Made the 1918 Flu So Deadly?
How the 1918 Flu Infected People
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Strange Creatures
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Monsters
Fertilizing the Amazon
Flu Probabilities
Australia: Life Explodes
Bed Bug Sex

Nature

Great Zebra Exodus
The Zebra of Botswana's Saltpans
Posturing Meerkat Pups
Making The Private Life of Deer
The Private Life of Deer Preview
The Ghost Deer
Clearing Fences
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