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All life on Earth started as single cell bacteria, and stayed that way for two billion years. However, it's possible we will find life like ours on another planet.

What made us cleverer than the rest? Darren Aronofsky's series explores why, out of all of life on Earth, we're the only ones with the intelligence to leave our planet.

We are serving up the ultimate Movie Night snack menu with chocolaty Smarties, salty potato crisps with caramel corn, ice cream sandwiches, and moon pie bites.

On a special birthday episode, we serve up birthday cake ice cream, edible waffle bowls, mountains of cotton candy, and a giant chocolate piñata.

Celebrating Valentine's Day with sparkling wine, heart pasta, and decadent cheesecake.

Celebrating Easter with carrot-shaped lollipops, deluxe chocolate eggs, adorable marshmallow Peeps, and traditional hot cross buns.

Learn how many ways there are to injure and humiliate yourself standing on chairs, pushing a car or doing spins on a unicycle.

In this episode we learn how many ways there are to injure and humiliate yourself doing trampoline drop-ins, pool trick shots or skateboard nose slides.

In this episode we learn how many ways there are to injure and humiliate yourself doing backflips into pools, using tandem bikes or attempting burpees.

Experts face a tricky investigation into the crash of TANS Peru Flight 204 after key evidence is looted from the crash site.

Experts investigate the collision of two planes over the Grand Canyon in 1956, uncovering a frightening problem that threatened the entire aviation system.

Revealing how 273 people were killed when American Airlines Flight 191 lost its left engine in the deadliest aviation accident in US history.

Experts investigate the shocking crash of United Airlines Flight 173. Ten people died in the disaster in Oregon. An investigation into what caused all four of its engines to fail.

This is the Beluga XL, a cargo plane, the newest member of the Airbus family.

Archaeologist Allan Maca leads a team of experts on an adventure to solve the secrets of ancient China in a different way as they reveal palaces, lost cities and investigate devastating disasters.

Learn how many ways there are to injure and humiliate yourself jumping a park bench, tandem pole dancing or surfing.

The team travels to the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean to reveal the greatest secrets in the lives of the North Atlantic humpback whale. They witness a mother defend her calf in the ultimate ocean battle with a pack of orcas.

The team dives into the depths of the mid-Atlantic to reveal the secret life of sperm whales and discover their hidden prey, never seen here before.

When Frank Hurley accompanies Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew on their journey to Antarctica, he brings a slew of camera equipment with him. As he documents every step of their journey, the ship collides with ice and is unable to move. The passengers wait for a rescue for several months, but m...

The team travels to the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean to reveal the greatest secrets in the lives of the North Atlantic humpback whale. They witness a mother defend her calf in the ultimate ocean battle with a pack of orcas.

The team dives into the depths of the mid-Atlantic to reveal the secret life of sperm whales and discover their hidden prey, never seen here before.

When Frank Hurley accompanies Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew on their journey to Antarctica, he brings a slew of camera equipment with him. As he documents every step of their journey, the ship collides with ice and is unable to move. The passengers wait for a rescue for several months, but m...

Experts face a tricky investigation into the crash of TANS Peru Flight 204 after key evidence is looted from the crash site.

Experts investigate the collision of two planes over the Grand Canyon in 1956, uncovering a frightening problem that threatened the entire aviation system.

Revealing how 273 people were killed when American Airlines Flight 191 lost its left engine in the deadliest aviation accident in US history.

Experts investigate the shocking crash of United Airlines Flight 173. Ten people died in the disaster in Oregon. An investigation into what caused all four of its engines to fail.

Learn how many ways there are to injure and humiliate yourself standing on chairs, pushing a car or doing spins on a unicycle.

Ever since life emerged, microbes, plants and animals have all sculpted the planet's surface and atmosphere in the strangest of ways.