About 2500 years ago, the writing of history as we understand it didn't really exist. Then, a man called Herodotus witnessed the Persian invasions of Greece and decided to find out why they happened. Mark Robinson investigates how the...

Pawan Sinha details his groundbreaking research into how the brain's visual system develops. Sinha and his team provide free vision-restoring treatment to children born blind, and then study how their brains learn to interpret visual...

Meet Alexander the Great, one of the most famous leaders in history! Born in ancient Macedonia, Alexander became king at just 20 years old. In this episode, we’ll learn how he led his army across Europe, Egypt, and Asia, creating one of...

Continuing with the Indo-European world, it's time to check out the Persian empires, of which there were several. The ones we will examine here are the Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sasanian empires, which rose and fell as regions were lost...

PERSEPOLIS UNLIKE NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD MANY MAN-MADE LANDMARKS FROM THE PAST COME DOWN TO US IN FRAGMENTS. SUCH IS THE CASE WITH PERSEPOLIS, CAPITAL OF ANCIENT PERSIA, A PRE CHRISTIAN RIVAL WITH ATHENS FOR THE TITLE OF CROWNING...

Se enfrentará a la revuelta, la guerra de guerrillas y los nómadas escitas, pero finalmente llega al punto más lejano del Imperio Persa. Se casa con Roxana, hija de un señor bactriano, luego continúa su avance hacia los modernos Pakistán...

Alejandro Magno en esta Parte 3, se ahora dirige al este para un enfrentamiento final con Darío III, Rey de Reyes, en Gaugamela. Alejandro Magno ha subyugado al Imperio Persa al oeste del Éufrates, ganando batallas en Granicus e Issus,...

This video discusses the consequences of online vigilantism, using a real-life case of an Australian man working in Singapore who made controversial comments on Facebook. The video explores how his comments sparked a social media...

Alexander III of Macedon succeeded his father at the young age of 20, becoming the King of the ancient Kingdom of Macedon. He spent most of his years as king conducting military campaigns, particularly against the rival of his life, the...

Alberta RCMP say they've told the family of a missing six-year-old boy that his chances of survival are now less than 5 per cent. Darius Macdougall has been missing near Crowsnest Pass, Alta., for seven days.

Darrius Simmons, a 17-year-old from Warren, Ohio in the USA, was born with only four fingers, three on his right hand and one on his left. But that did not stop him teaching himself to play the piano at the age of ten, and...

Tromelin Island, which is just one square kilometre about 450 kilometres east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, has seen a return of seabird communities and fresh vegetation, after French authorities eradicated all rodents in a month —...

Darius Mahdavi, CBC's science specialist, explains why what you see day to day isn't the whole truth — and why that's a good thing.

Fun Fact Friday: To celebrate Star Wars Day, Darius Mahdavi tells us that some planets from the Star Wars franchise are not entirely fictional.

B.C. is preparing for what is expected to be a 'challenging' wildfire season. But it’s not just about the number of fires, it’s also when they burn. According to a new study, the job could get a lot more demanding through the night. CBC...

There's a saying that goes: if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck ... it's a duck! Or is it? Our Science and Climate Specialist Darius Mahdavi debunks that saying with a pop quiz for our Janella Hamilton,...

Our science and climate specialist Darius Mahdavi quizzes Janella Hamilton on the sounds lyrebirds can mimic.

Our science and climate specialist Darius Mahdavi quizzes Janella Hamilton on the sounds lyrebirds can mimic.

Filmmaker Peter Jackson owns one of the largest private collections of bones of an extinct New Zealand bird called the moa. The Lord of the Rings director's fascination with the flightless ostrich-like bird has led to an unusual...

The University of British Columbia’s third edition of the Dictionary of Canadianism has added 137 new terms just in time for Canada Day.

Hit video game-turned-TV show The Last of Us is back for Season 2 this weekend, and eagle-eyed scientists caught a new twist in the trailer. They say it makes the apocalypse-causing "zombie fungus" more realistic — and frightening — than...

Tickets go on sale for followup to the infamous 2017 music festival, which resulted in a lawsuit.Thumbnail credit: Netflix

The tomb or the Hierotheseion of Nemrut DaÄŸ bears unique testimony to the civilization of the kingdom of Commagene. Antiochos I is represented in this monument as a descendant of Darius by his father Mithridates, and a descendant of...

The tomb or the Hierotheseion of Nemrut DaÄŸ bears unique testimony to the civilization of the kingdom of Commagene. Antiochos I is represented in this monument as a descendant of Darius by his father Mithridates, and a descendant of...