Discovery launches landmark original series

Discovery Communications today announced it is in development on a landmark 60-episode series which will be filmed over five years and will be a multi-million dollar investment for the company. Curiosity: The Questions of Our Life will explore the fundamental questions in the fields of space, biology, geology, medicine, physics, technology, nature, archaeology, history and of the human mind. The series will air on Discovery Channel, beginning in January 2011 and will address 12 questions through 12 episodes each year. Curiosity is a joint production between Discovery Communications and Experius Academy, which also includes the creation of classroom tools for educators delivered through Discovery Education. For more information on the Curiosity initiative, see the release.