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Eons

Why Only Earth Has Fire

Season 6 Episode 10 | 10m 45s

Earth isn’t the only watery planet in the known universe, but it is the only fiery planet. The sun is mostly hydrogen undergoing nuclear fusion, not fire. And on other planets magma from volcanoes and lightning are also not fire. To get fire, it took billions of years of photosynthesis, which means fire can’t exist without life. And fire and life have been shaping each other ever since.

Aired: 12/18/23
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No Single Cradle of Humankind
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Episode: S6 E19 | 10:46
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Episode: S6 E18 | 10:18
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What Will Earth Be Like 300 Million Years From Now?
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Episode: S6 E17 | 9:34
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When did we start practicing medicine in its varied, complex forms?
Episode: S6 E16 | 7:59
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Episode: S6 E15 | 9:11
Watch • 12:07
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When you only have fossils, how do you know if a dinosaur is female or male?
Episode: S6 E14 | 12:07
Watch • 11:57
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What are animal-like fossils doing in rocks a billion years old?
Episode: S6 E13 | 11:57
Watch • 9:41
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Episode: S6 E12 | 9:41
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Watch • 10:21
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Did you know volcanoes created the Atlantic Ocean that we know today?
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Watch • 8:04
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Learn about how researchers have discovered a piece of a weird, but critical, time in the deep past…
Episode: S6 E20 | 8:04
Watch • 10:46
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Maybe there wasn’t just one so-called "cradle of humankind"?
Episode: S6 E19 | 10:46
Watch • 10:18
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How did such a strange plant like cannabis come to be in the first place?
Episode: S6 E18 | 10:18
Watch • 9:34
Eons
What Will Earth Be Like 300 Million Years From Now?
We’re taking a look towards the deep future. After all, the story is far from over.
Episode: S6 E17 | 9:34
Watch • 7:59
Eons
What Was The Earliest Surgery?
When did we start practicing medicine in its varied, complex forms?
Episode: S6 E16 | 7:59
Watch • 9:11
Eons
How Snake Venom Sparked An Evolutionary Arms Race
For some, the rise of venomous elapid snakes was an almost apocalyptic catastrophe.
Episode: S6 E15 | 9:11
Watch • 12:07
Eons
Why Is It So Hard to Tell the Sex of a Dinosaur?
When you only have fossils, how do you know if a dinosaur is female or male?
Episode: S6 E14 | 12:07
Watch • 11:57
Eons
Animals Are Older Than We Thought
What are animal-like fossils doing in rocks a billion years old?
Episode: S6 E13 | 11:57
Watch • 9:41
Eons
Our Most Mysterious Extinct Cousins
Paranthropus lived alongside our ancestors. If we are still here, why aren’t they?
Episode: S6 E12 | 9:41