Mystery of the Megaflood
Episode: 33x01 | Airdate: Sep 20, 2005
What unleashed a catastrophic flood that scarred thousands of square miles in the American Northwest?
Episodes
Sinking the Supership
Episode: 33x02 | Airdate: Oct 4, 2005
The tragic WWII story of the Yamato, the largest battleship ever built.
Einstein's Big Idea
Episode: 33x03 | Airdate: Oct 11, 2005
The story behind the world's most famous equation, E = mc2
Volcano Under the City
Episode: 33x04 | Airdate: Nov 1, 2005
Is the Vinland Map a priceless depiction of the New World made before Columbus's voyage or a 20th-century fake
Hitler's Sunken Secret
Episode: 33x05 | Airdate: Nov 8, 2005
Newton's Dark Secrets
Episode: 33x06 | Airdate: Nov 15, 2005
Sir Isaac Newton, the eccentric genius who helped define modern science, was also an obsessive alchemist.
Storm That Drowned a City
Episode: 33x07 | Airdate: Nov 22, 2005
Experts and eyewitnesses reconstruct the devastating floods that Hurricane Katrina unleashed on New Orleans.
The Mummy Who Would Be King
Episode: 33x08 | Airdate: Jan 3, 2006
Could a mummy exhibited for 140 years at an obscure museum in Niagara Falls be the remains of a long-lost Egyptian pharaoh?
Deadly Ascent
Episode: 33x09 | Airdate: Jan 17, 2006
Can medical science forecast why some people get sick climbing at high altitude while others don't? A team of doctors and climbers on Denali test the body's response to extreme cold.
The Perfect Corpse
Episode: 33x10 | Airdate: Feb 7, 2006
Forensic investigators tease secrets from the well-preserved bodies of people buried long ago in peat bogs.
Jewel of the Earth
Episode: 33x11 | Airdate: Feb 14, 2006
David Attenborough probes the mysteries of ancient life-forms perfectly preserved in amber.
The Ghost Particle
Episode: 33x12 | Airdate: Feb 21, 2006
A 40-year hunt for solar neutrinos leads to a new understanding of matter itself.
Arctic Passage: Prisoners of the Ice
Episode: 33x13 | Airdate: Feb 28, 2006
Relive two legendary expeditions—one tragic, one triumphant—to pioneer a route through the Northwest Passage.
The Great Robot Race
Episode: 33x14 | Airdate: Mar 28, 2006
Driverless vehicles compete in a 130-mile race across the Mojave Desert.
Voyage to the Mystery Moon
Episode: 33x15 | Airdate: Apr 4, 2006
NASA and the European Space Agency dispatch a two-part mission to study Saturn and its enigmatic satellite, Titan.
Dimming the Sun
Episode: 33x16 | Airdate: Apr 18, 2006
New evidence that air pollution has masked the full impact of global warming suggests the world may soon face a heightened climate crisis.
