1472 Episodo

  1. Discovering the ancient city of Thonis-Heracleion

    Publicado: 17/11/2023
  2. The Bolivian Water War

    Publicado: 16/11/2023
  3. Rosalind Franklin: DNA pioneer

    Publicado: 15/11/2023
  4. Eyjafjallajökull: The volcano that stopped a continent

    Publicado: 14/11/2023
  5. The invention of the EpiPen

    Publicado: 13/11/2023
  6. The hippo and the tortoise

    Publicado: 10/11/2023
  7. Destruction of Mostar Bridge

    Publicado: 9/11/2023
  8. The Pakistani teens who became disco superstars

    Publicado: 8/11/2023
  9. Debbie McGee in Iran

    Publicado: 7/11/2023
  10. Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire

    Publicado: 6/11/2023
  11. Freddie Mercury 'marries' Jane Seymour

    Publicado: 3/11/2023
  12. Che Guevara’s daughter: A Cuban doctor in Angola

    Publicado: 2/11/2023
  13. Inventing the black box

    Publicado: 1/11/2023
  14. The discovery of the HIV virus

    Publicado: 31/10/2023
  15. The billion dollar bid to stop oil drilling in the Amazon

    Publicado: 30/10/2023
  16. Turkey: Gezi Park protests

    Publicado: 27/10/2023
  17. 'The streets of Harare were littered with money'

    Publicado: 26/10/2023
  18. The 1993 MAD hijack

    Publicado: 25/10/2023
  19. The 1980 Turkey coup

    Publicado: 24/10/2023
  20. The first Bosphorus Bridge

    Publicado: 23/10/2023

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