Season 40

Will future asteroids trigger massive extinctions—or be mined for precious minerals?
Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday?

Can scientists unravel the mysterious phenomena that lurk between Earth and space?
At the Edge of Space

Oklahoma's Deadliest Tornadoes
Hear stories from survivors of Moore’s tornado and meet scientists who stalk these storms.
Oklahoma's Deadliest Tornadoes

Which technologies worked in the race to track down the men behind the marathon attack?
Manhunt—Boston Bombers

Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Strange Creatures
After a massive extinction, diverse marsupials came to dominate this isolated continent.
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Strange Creatures

Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Monsters
Some 250 million years ago, some of the largest, most dangerous reptiles ruled this land.
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Monsters

Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Life Explodes
Fossils reveal how life’s explosion in the ocean was recreated on dry land.
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Life Explodes

Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Awakening
Australia’s landscape holds clues to Earth's early history and the beginning of life.
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Awakening

A meteor burst into a fireball over Siberia. Can we spot the next deadly asteroid in time?
Meteor Strike

Can science help us understand why some people commit horrific acts of mass murder?
Mind of a Rampage Killer

Detailed satellite images reveal the web of connections that sustain life on Earth.
Earth From Space

A team uncovers the advanced engineering behind an ancient Egyptian war machine.
Building Pharaoh's Chariot

Could the explosion of Iceland's ticking time bombs cause cold and famine worldwide?