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The murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by an Islamic extremist in 2004, followed by the publish...
A biographical documentary about the Belgian free-diver Fred Buyle and his art of silent diving.
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NASA launches its most ambitious hunt for traces of life on Mars, landing a car-sized rover in a roc...
For centuries Troy was believed to be a mythical city. Now, a leading team of American archaeologist...
A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restor...
How do you brave acute mountain sickness? We talk to researchers, doctors and mountaineers about a s...
Archaeologist Raksha Dave and historian Dan Snow return to Pompeii to gain special access to a varie...
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Just off the southern coast of mainland Greece lies the oldest submerged city in the world. It thriv...
Ring of Fire is about the immense natural force of the great circle of volcanoes and seismic activit...
Global warming in context. What the climate of the past tells us about the climate of the future.
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Several hundred million kilometers away, the space probe "Rosetta" and the small lander "Philae" orb...