Origins - Season 1

Three technologies that gave us the opportunity to go where we had never gone before.

Three weapons that led to the rise and fall of empires.

Three life-saving medical marvels that revolutionized treatment and expanded the limits of medicine.

Three feats of invention that revealed the world beyond and within in almost unthinkable detail.

Three revolutionary modes of transportation that forever altered the way we live, work, and play.

Three life-saving technologies for forecasting danger, helping us predict and endure some of the most deadly phenomena on Earth.

Three physical challenges that suggest the human body, combined with mental determination, is truly limitless.

Man's ways of harnessing one of Mother Nature's most crucial elements.

Three man made marvels, ancient to modern, that showcase the incredible breadth of human imagination and man's mastery of engineering.

Three advancements to the urban landscape that made modern city living possible.

Three ways mankind has reshaped earth to overcome boundaries to commerce, travel, and development.

Three modes of solitary transportation that gave us freedom and adventure.

Three fighters throughout history who have defended and advanced power.

Three war machines that changed the face of modern warfare forever.

Three ways for leaving a legacy, for the future.

Three forms of government and the struggle for nations to define themselves.

Three revolutionary war vessels and the pursuit of naval supremacy.

Three powerful mediums, and the men who struggled to reflect our world back at us.

Three fields of medicine that preserve the health of body and mind.

Three ways that man experiences the unknown.

Three paths to destruction that are side effects of civilization.

Three ways we exploit earth's resources to feed ourselves.

Three movements to discover where we are.

Three ways in which man harvests the world's natural resources.