Author: zootpic2024
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Secrets of the Maya Warrior Queen
A new generation of local archeologists in Belize are working with Harvard and Max Planck institute’s DNA labs on a unique view into their shared history, uncovering hidden secrets of the southern Maya. The project could reveal answers to long buried mysteries of the ancient Maya – and could re-write the history of a great…
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Angkor: The Lost Jungle Empire
In the year 1300 it was the considered the biggest city in the world. It has the largest religious monument in the world – Angkor Wat. It was the seat of kings, home to the Khmer empire for 600 years, an incredible feat of urban engineering in a flood plain and rainforest. Then it was…
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Fall of the Maya Kings
It is a story of ignoring climate change, unsustainable growth, power, war, and sacrifice that can now be told through new science, new technology, and for the first time – by the ancient Maya themselves.
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Building Bastille – The Improbable Story of the Paris Opera
In 1982 the new socialist French president Mitterrand opens a blind competition, to build an opera at the site of the notorious Bastille prison. The jury seems to have found the best design, by prominent American architect Richard Meier. Or so they thought. Until the Minister of Culture blanches and stumbles through the name Carlos Ott,…
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Something in the Air
Pollution is killing tens of thousands of people every day. Cities across Asia and in Europe have had to shut down and stop traffic to manage “Airpocalypse” pollution events. New research is showing that even the air in North America may be deadlier than we knew. Air pollution kills more people in North America than…
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Nikola Tesla and the End of the World
Nikola Tesla has been lost in the multiverse, using his device to travel through multiple versions of earth, trying to find his way home. Unfortunately, he has inadvertently built up a huge debt to the agency that manages inter-dimensional travel. After he disappears Harriet is recruited by the Multiverse Unification Agency to help Nikola in…
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The Age of the Drone
A combination of Military research and mass produced cel phone technology have enabled a new wave of domestic drones. Amazon.com plans to deliver goods to your door using drones and Google has designed a drone like no other. Farmers in Japan already spray 90% of soy crops with drones. But drones also raise many issues.…
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Losing Our Religion
Losing Our Religion is a feature length documentary about preachers who are not believers, and what atheists do when they miss church. Allowed access to the 600 members of The Clergy Project – a safe haven for preachers from all faiths who no longer believe – the documentary follows ex-members and clergy who are still…
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The Prairie Diner
In Season 3 he’s hitting the road, looking for the hidden gems of food and fine folk across the Canadian Prairies. So come along for the ride, have fun, and above all – Don’t Panic!
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Remote Control War
They fight the insurgents in Afghanistan and on the edges of Pakistan. They watch, they bomb, and they kill. Sometimes their vehicles crash, but the pilots always go home in the morning. They are remote control warriors. The current campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan are the world’s first Robotic War. From almost zero when it…