Curiosity
Curiosity is an American documentary television series that premiered on August 7, 2011, on the Discovery Channel. Each episode focuses on one question in science, technology, and society and features a different celebrity host. Stephen Hawking hosted the premiere episode titled "Did God Create the Universe?", which aired simultaneously on seven Discovery Communications networks: Discovery Channel, TLC, Discovery Fit and Health, Animal Planet, Science, Investigation Discovery, and Planet Green. Season one consists of 16 episodes.
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The development of "Curiosity: The Questions of Our Life", was announced in September 2009.It was to answer questions and mysteries in fields like space, biology, geology, medicine, physics, technology, nature, archaeology, history, and the human mind. It was considered as a groundbreaking series for Discovery like the BBC's Planet Earth and Life. Originally, this series was to be a monthly show airing 12 one-hour episodes each year for 5 years beginning in January 2011. Dan Riskin was initially slated to host.
- Ep 1
1.Did God Create the Universe?
07-08-2011Stephen Hawking unfolds his personal, compelling vision of the biggest question of all: Who or what created the universe in which we live? The groundbreaking series Into the Univer...
- Ep 2
2.Alien Invasion: Are We Ready?
14-08-2011We've read the books, we've seen the movies. War of the Worlds, V, Independence Day. But they're all fiction, right? Well, probably not. New science is suggesting that aliens may b...
- Ep 3
3.Why is Sex Fun?
21-08-2011Maggie Gyllenhaal hosts a revealing investigation into the mechanics and chemistry of female orgasm.
- Ep 4
4.What Sank Titanic?
28-08-2011By drawing on detailed trial records, a picture emerges of both the science and the human drama behind the sinking of the Titanic.
- Ep 5
5.Parallel Universes: Are They Real?
04-09-2011Morgan Freeman hosts an exploration into the possibility that there may be more than one version of reality.
- Ep 6
6.What's Beneath America?
11-09-2011Everything which has made America bountiful and powerful is a product of forces which date back billions of years. How have earth's ancient forces made America what it is today?
- Ep 7
7.How Will the World End?
18-09-2011End-of-the-world scenarios, including the Mayan prediction for Dec. 21, 2012, are examined from a scientific perspective.
- Ep 8
8.Atlantis Uncovered
25-09-2011For centuries, Atlantis has been a myth. But in the last decade archaeologists have uncovered new finds which could reveal the location of this ancient apocalypse. Mixing dramatic...
- Ep 9
9.I, Caveman: Back to the Stone Age (1)
02-10-2011Were we better off as cavemen? Morgan Spurlock ("Super Size Me") joins nine ordinary men and women in an attempt to survive in the wild using only stone-age technology. Cold, dehyd...
- Ep 10
10.I, Caveman: The Great Hunt (2)
02-10-2011Morgan Spurlock ("Super Size Me") and his group continue their experiment to live in the wild only stone-age technology. Hunger and deprivation push the group to the brink of failu...
- Ep 11
11.Egypt: What Lies Beneath
09-10-2011Only 1% of Ancient Egypt has been discovered - 99% remains hidden. Now for the first time, we can reveal it. Using unique satellite archaeology to blow away the sands, this landmar...
- Ep 12
12.Can You Live Forever?
16-10-2011What would it be like to be immortal? It's the year 2967 and Adam Savage is 1000 years old. He reflects on his long life revealing how science in the 21st century transformed his b...
- Ep 13
13.World's Dirtiest Man
23-10-2011Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs) becomes a human lab rat to learn firsthand to uncover the hidden world of creepy crawlies that live on the human body. Revealing a wild jungle of unseen crea...
- Ep 14
14.How Evil Are You?
30-10-2011Eli Roth, director of horror classic Hostel, is searching for the true nature of Evil. In a series of experiments, he examines what causes people to perform evil acts, then the dar...
- Ep 15
15.Life Before Birth
06-11-2011It's meant to be a joyous event - in reality, it's a gripping battle for survival. Using cutting edge technology, we go inside the womb and follow the story from conception to birt...
- Ep 16
16.What's America Worth?
13-11-2011Ever thought how much America is worth? Imagine putting a dollar amount on everything in America -all the land, the resources under our feet, our homes, even the water we drink. Fo...
- Ep 17
17.Your Body on Drugs
20-11-2011Robin Williams, who's experienced both the highs and lows of substance abuse, hosts a groundbreaking TV experiment. 4 heavy users on 4 of America's most abused drugs perform a seri...
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