An ancient Peruvian cemetery crammed with disfigued mummies helps explain a long-standing mystery about the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Tuesday, July 15th 8:00pm KUAT6 & KUAT-HD
A balloon scrap that may be a missing piece of a secret weapon; a circus program that connects a society woman, FDR and the Boy Scouts; and a letter that links a Navy captain to Camp David. Monday, July 14th 9pm KUAT6 & HD
Imagine coming face to face with a cannibalistic creature that is as tall as you are and has long tentacles, a razor-sharp beak, and skin that flashes with bizarre, dazzling color. Sunday, July 13th 7:00pm on KUAT6 & 8:00pm KUAT-HD
Hubble Space Telescope; early primates; a profile of Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, a former farmworker who is now an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins; Iraqi bacteria. Wednesday, July 9th, 8pm KUAT6 & 9pm KUAT-HD
A mysterious flag may be linked to an African-American infantry regiment that fought in WW I; a painting that may be the work of Seth Eastman; and a two-story building that may have housed a Chinese Tong. Monday, July 7th 9pm KUAT6 & HD
The remarkable story of a wild white stallion in the mountains of Montana, whose life has been captured on film by a filmmaker who has spent years documenting the lives of nearly 150 wild mustangs. Thursday, July 10th 8pm KUAT-HD
Jimmy Smits hosts America’s biggest birthday party, live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. With Huey Lewis and the News, Taylor Hicks, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hayley Westenra and the NSO. Friday, July 4, 5 & 9pm KUAT and 5,6:30,8, 9:30pm on HD
The implications of personal genetic profiles; using computers to authenticate art; carbon sequestration; and a profile of Harvard professor Pardis Sabeti, a researcher on the genetics of malaria. Wednesday, July 2, 9-pm KUAT6 & KUAT-HD
WIDE ANGLE's season premiere presents an account of what the U.N. Secretary-General has called “the largest humanitarian crisis in the world.” Tuesday, July 1st, 10 p.m. KUAT6 & 9:30 p.m. KUAT-HD
The history detectives investigate the diary of a WWII pilot; an 1856 book purported to be the memoirs of a New York woman married to a Mormon elder; and an 1853 Napoleon coin said to be shot by Annie Oakley. Monday, June 30th 9 p.m. KUAT6 & KUAT-HD
In its third season premiere, NOVA scienceNOW features dark matter; experiments with memory loss in mice; “digital detective” Hany Farid, professor of computer science at Dartmouth; and the “wisdom of the crowd.” Wednesday, June 25th 9 p.m. KUAT6 & HD
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