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The Great Sino Dino Boom
A gold rush of fossil-finding is turning China into the new epicenter of paleontology
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The Big Unknown
If dangling from a rope inside a melting glacier is your idea of a vacation, then come with us to Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias
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Albert Einstein’s Mystery Tour
As he traveled through Asia, including a trip to Palestine, the brilliant scientist discovered much he didn’t understand
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Wild and Woolly
Shepherds and ecologists are butting heads over what's next for the beloved landscape
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Let There Be Lights
How a bright idea shaped our cities and gave the go-ahead to our love affair with the car
The Woman Who Isn’t There
Coming soon to the National Portrait Gallery, an old art form gets reinvented
The Lost Parrot
It hasn't been seen for a century. But will the bird species ever fly again?
The Sea Hunters
A wreck-diving archaeologist and his quest to discover a missing submarine
A Tale of Homegrown Terror
Twenty years ago, the courts gave Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences, thereby ending more than a decade of terror.
Resurrection City
Lenneal Henderson and thousands of other protesters occupied the National Mall for 42 days during the landmark civil rights protest
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