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The Pteranodon family explores a new train, the Solar Train, and learn that it's powered by the sun! / Arlene and Elliot introduce the kids and Laura to a new bird named Peng Protopteryx.

The nation must lose its tight focus on individual disciplines if it is to keep pace with the evolving requirements of scientific enquiry.