The journey to the neighboring planet traces a path connecting Nikola Tesla, Nazi weapons of war, a Cold War space race, and a string of blockbuster discoveries made by some of NASA's most talented robots.
The development of incredible technologies, from the infinitely small to the infinitely large; a journey through the key moments that allow humanity to discover quantum physics.
Many natural phenomena are based on the laws of physics; forecasting the weather several days in advance; asking if it is possible to predict everything.
In the last decade, the search for data about the planet's environmental history has raised questions about how climate change has influenced human civilizations in the past.
Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra the Great and Mark Antony, saw her dynasty collapse amid her parents' defeat and suicide; taken to Rome as a prisoner, all looked lost for Selene, but she rose from the embers to marry the African king Juba II.
Cleopatra II, namesake of the great Cleopatra VII, had a reign of incest, murder, rape and mutilation; she wielded great power and would do anything to keep it, and she saw her dynasty torn apart by hatred but also saved it from destruction.
Homicide detective Rod Demery and Professor Turi King examine Europe's well-known ancient murder victim, who was frozen where he was killed over 5,000 years ago; the team learns how pollen in his gut can suggest his likely route before he died.
Homicide detective Rod Demery and forensic scientist Turi King examine a skeleton dated to the time of the Picts and unearthed in a remote sea cave in Scotland; the team recreate the attack to deduce the victim's most likely killer.