The Discovery Channel is working on Curiosity: The Questions of Life which is from Discovery's founder John Hendricks and is described by Discovery Channel as ''the most ambitious project ever undertaken by Discovery Channel''. ''Can we ask and answer the most fundamental questions facing the world today? The questions that go to the very heart of our life and our world . . . Are we alone in the universe? Can we colonize other planets? Is time travel possible? Can we live forever, and do we want to?'' Curiosity: The Questions of Life will be a TV series of 60 episodes rolling out of the next five years.
Human Planet will, according to Discovery Channel, be an ''epic yet intimate celebration of the incredible diversity of human life on the planet we call home. Wherever people live traditional lives, our cameras capture, for the very first time, practices that go back millennia. In the spectacular high definition quality pioneered by Life and Planet Earth, these are ways of life that will shock, intrigue and inspire. Each episode set in a different, amazing environment: Arctic, Rivers, Mountains, Ocean, Jungles, Grasslands, Desert and Urban.''
The Discovery Channel is also partnering with Nasa for the TV show Earth from Space by using cutting-edge satellite data to show for the first time what exists beyond the visible spectrum: Earth as a living organism. Reign of the Dinosaurs will use paleontological research to recreate the Jurrasic era and bring dinosaurs to life. The Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero has Steven Spielberg as executive producer and will be a special TV series chronicling the historic reconstruction of Ground Zero in New York. The Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero will tell the story of the heroic quest of ordinary people - engineers, construction workers, city planners and the architects faced with seemingly impossible problems, both emotionally and scientifically.
