Inc Discovery Communications
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Investigates the cause of the so-called Permian extinction, which wiped out 95% of all life on Earth 250 million years ago. Archaeologists, historians and geologists discuss their findings about the nature of the 3-stage process. Filmed in South Africa, Siberia, Iceland, Greenland, Antarctica and the Alps. Reconstructions of volcanic eruptions.
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The smallest, simplest forms of life on earth, viruses are also the most tenacious and, many scientists believe, the oldest. This classic program explores the history of research into viruses and the ongoing struggle to combat them. Numerous experts offer commentary, including Stephen Morse, virologist at Rockefeller University, and Jonas Salk, famous creator fo the polio vaccine. This program looks at differences between DNA and RNA viruses, like...
15) Dirty jobs
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Host Mike Rowe demonstrates some of the dirtiest jobs that have to be done to keep the world fed and cleaned. Mike rides along with some professional road kill collectors, and takes his turn scooping up five-day-old asphalt ornaments. Plus, tag along with a team of San Francisco trash men and learn how some of your discarded scraps are turned into fine wine.
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Host Mike Rowe demonstrates some of the dirtiest jobs that have to be done to keep the world fed and cleaned. Mike ventures underground into a greasy pit of sludge to join an environmental company that recycles the gunky grime. Plus, watch as Mike is "bee-deviled" during a stint as a honey farmer. In Hot Tar Roofer, Mike lands on a church rooftop and learns how to melt down chunks of black tar for the purpose of roof repair. Later, he takes a job...
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America the beautiful is also America the remote, wild, uninhabited and inhospitable. For Survivorman Les Stroud, that's an invitation too tempting to resist. Could you survive a harsh environment alone, without food, water or equipment of any kind? For seven long days and nights? Probably not. But then you're not Les Stroud" -- Container.