Where ancient ingenuity meets the technologies reshaping tomorrow.
From legendary surgery in ancient China to robotic operating rooms, plant-based burgers, psychedelics, AI music, and future transit, this series connects breakthrough ideas to their deeper origins. Each episode reveals how today's innovations echo older ambitions, making every leap forward more surprising, more human, and more worth exploring with a subscription.
Episode guide
8 episodes- New shows weeklyFresh documentaries land every week.
- Exclusive originalsAward-winning films you can’t stream anywhere else.
- Watch anywherePhone, tablet, web and TV — pick up where you left off.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes. Every plan unlocks the full library — including all Curiosity Originals like Past, Present, Future — in up to 4K, ad-free, on all your devices.
Past, Present, Future is a Curiosity Original, exclusive to Curiosity Stream.
Watch on the web, iOS and Android, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Android TV, and most smart TVs. Start on one device and pick up right where you left off on another.
Curiosity Stream is our streaming service — thousands of documentaries and originals. The Smart Bundle is Curiosity Stream plus four other independent streaming services (Tastemade, Kidstream, Curiosity University, and SOMM TV) on a single subscription.