''Curiosity'' is an American

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series that premiered on August 7, 2011, on the

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. Each episode focuses on one question in science, technology, and society (e.g., why the sank) and, for the first season, features a different celebrity host.

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hosted the premiere episode titled "Did God Create the Universe?", which aired simultaneously on seven

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networks: Discovery Channel,

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, Discovery Fit and Health,

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, and

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. Season one consists of 16 episodes.

Curiosity: The Questions of Our Life

The development of "Curiosity: The Questions of Our Life", was announced in September 2009. It was to answer questions and mysteries in fields like space, biology, geology, medicine, physics, technology, nature, archaeology, history, and the human mind. It was considered as a groundbreaking series for Discovery like the BBC's ''Planet Earth'' and ''Life''. Originally, this series was to be a monthly show airing 12 one-hour episodes each year for 5 years beginning in January 2011. Dan Riskin was initially slated to host.

Curiosity.com

The website was opened in June 2011. It was to be an expert Q&A site, where experts and scholars tried to answer some of life's most profound questions. The 32 topics in site ranges from

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. So far 12,000 questions have been answered. On November 11, 2014, Curiosity.com became independent of Discovery Communications.

CuriosityStream.com

John Hendricks, founder of the

and creator of the original Curiosity brand, launched CuriosityStream on March 18, 2015. An ad-free subscription

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platform for science and history documentaries, CuriosityStream is a continuation of Hendricks' vision for the original Curiosity TV series. The service exclusively features documentaries and series in the areas of Science, Technology, Civilization and the Human Spirit as well as offers mobile viewing applications on iOS and Android devices.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2011)

Season 2 (2012)

References

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External links

* * {{Discovery Channel programming Discovery Channel original programming 2011 American television series debuts 2013 American television series endings