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Monday, September 14, 2009

Discovery to launch 60-part, five-year “Curiosity” program-

Biofuels Digest.com
Jim Lane September 11, 2009

Addressing the future of artificial intelligence, nanotechnology and genomics among others

In Maryland. the Discovery Channel announced the launch of “Curiosity,” a five-year, 60-part television series that will address underlying mysteries in fields such as space, biology, geology, medicine, physics, technology, nature, archaeology, history and the human mind. The five-year, multi-million dollar project will address 12 questions over 12 one-hour episodes each year, and will begin airing on the Discovery Channel beginning in January 2011.

The project will feature lifelong learning programming for adults, including multiple hours of “deep-dive” online content to accompany each episode and related learning retreats with experts featured in the series.

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