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Xploration Earth 2050: High Tech Revolutionizes Medicine

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Realistic rendering of a human heart and its arteries are displayed on a computer screen.

Doctors and botanists have come together to "grow" medicine. Host Chuck Pell visits a lab where vaccines are developed inside of plants and then processed into pills. This development could save millions of lives. Other segments include drones delivering medicine to homes and doctors using virtual reality to diagnose patients. Part of the "Xploration Earth 2050" series.

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Runtime: 22 minutes 1 seconds

Screen displays a jagged white line of close-together sound waves against a black background.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 1
21 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Futuristic compact teardrop-shaped green vehicle on three wheels drives on the street amongst traffic.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 4
21 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Realistic rendering of a human heart and its arteries are displayed on a computer screen.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 7
22 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
We see a crowded street full of people talking, riding motorcycles, and walking in a third-world country.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 3
22 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two silver metal cylinders sit side by side, each on top of a piece of foam. One is flawless, the other is riddled with tiny holes.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 6
22 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Students wearing protective eyewear use handheld 3D technology.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 2
22 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
In a dark room, a person walks in front of a row of screens displaying Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 3 / Ep 5
22 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Inside a crowded theater, we look over the heads of hundreds of people towards a lit-up stage.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 4 / Ep 2
22 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
We see a screen displaying rows of DNA sequencing, represented in patterns of waves, numbers, and letters.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 4 / Ep 5
22 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Futuristic robot sits at a virtual desk, typing at a virtual keyboard in front of an arched screen display.
Xploration Earth 2050
Season 4 / Ep 11
22 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12