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Three coded messages have been drawing treasure-seekers to Virginia for over a century. Supposedly written by an adventurer named Thomas J. Beale, the ciphers contain instructions for how to find millions of dollars worth of gold, silver, and jewels. 

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Two investigations attempt to unravel the mystery of the Aurora aircraft, looking for a smoking gun that will prove once and for all that the small Texas town was once the crash site of extraterrestrial visitors.

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In 1897 a wave of airship sightings occurred across America, but one incident in Aurora, Texas, stood apart from the rest... because the UFO crashed. Metal debris littered a farm in the area, and locals recovered the body of the pilot: an extraterrestrial they buried in a graveyard. 

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In the last episode of our four-part series, we’re examining climate change from a historical perspective — and envisioning what the world will look like if the global temperature continues to rise unchecked.

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What was life like for our earliest ancestors? Which of our qualities are uniquely human, and which are just... primal? From the discoveries of paleoanthropologists, to the experiments of evolutionary biologists, today we’re examining the mysteries of our species — and what exactly makes humans, humans. 

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Can plants read our minds? What would happen if our magnetic poles… flipped? Today we’re going deeper into Earth’s mysteries, from the unexpected discoveries beneath our surface, to the “Wood Wide Web,” to what’s at stake when isolated indigenous groups lose their homes.

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From natural disasters to extinction-level events, how is life as we know it shaped by our planet’s catastrophes? With Earth Day around the corner, we’re investigating the deepest mysteries of the natural world — starting with nature at its most destructive. 

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In the final part of our Cyber Mysteries series, we’re asking: What happens when artificial intelligence is embedded in our lives? From the singularity to digital immortality… A.I. companions to robotic overlords… Transhumanism to the metaverse… How far can we go?

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