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Learn about Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize-winning author of Night.
          
          
            
                
                    
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        Can Eliza have it all? Season 6 premieres on Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 8/7c.
          
          
            
                
                    
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        Tony Award®-winner Ruthie Ann Miles and iconic actor Dennis Haysbert inspire in this holiday show.
          
          
            
                
                    
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        A stunning portrayal of war in the trenches from the Oscar®-winning team behind 20 Days in Mariupol.
          
          
            
                
                    
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        Historian Annette Gordon-Reed. The American Revolution premieres November 16.
          
          
            
                
                    
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        Historian Stephen Conway. The American Revolution premieres November 16.
          
          
            
                
                    
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        Historian Christopher Brown. The American Revolution premieres November 16.
          
          
            
                
                    
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        Historian Stephen Conway on the psychological impact of Saratoga on the British.
          
          
            
                
                    
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        Step behind the scenes of Ken Burns’s new film to see how The American Revolution came to life.
          
          
            
                
                    
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Why is the Martian sky red by day… but blue at sunset?
          
          
            
                
                    
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        Is autism really on the rise—or are we just recognizing it more?
          
          
            
                
                    
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        Seedless fruits are delicious, convenient… and completely unnatural.
          
          
            
                
                    
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        What does randomness really mean? And why your digital life depend on it?
          
          
            
                
                    
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        Why do we have different blood types? And why do we have blood at all?
          
          
            
                
                    
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        How did dinosaurs become birds—and what good is half a wing?
          
          
            
                
                    
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        Just how big would a telescope need to be to actually see an alien world in detail?
          
          
            
                
                    
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        Dire wolves are back—sort of.
          
          
            
                
                    
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        The key enzyme behind photosynthesis isn’t actually all that great at its job.
          
          
            
                
                    
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        The oldest rocks on Earth are more than just ancient—they’re time machines!
          
          
            
                
                    
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