Missions in 2023 took us far beyond our orbit with a package prep of Martian rocks, a search for life on Jupiter and an up-close look at an asteroid.
The jet age has arrived, and the Soviet Union works to produce an atomic weapon. With the mounting nuclear threat, Britain looks to build its own nuclear bomber fleet.
After WWI, restrictions placed on Germany leave the Nazis few options for military technical innovation, but they discover a loophole: the liquid-powered rocket.
The story of the unprecedented Allied bombing campaign during WWII. At first, they target enemy manufacturers; next, the civilian populations.
When the B29 is set to retire after WWII, a novel plastic coating cocoons the superforts in retirement. But the fast-approaching Korean War pulls them back into action.
This is the story of America's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan during WWII. What factors lead to using such a devastating weapon to end the war in the Pacific?
Since the Wright Brothers' first flight, the canard design is appealing to aircraft manufacturers. As war nears, Germany, Britain, Japan and the U.S. have prototypes.
While Hitler funds space projects for his war effort, rather than science, German space pioneer Eugen Sanger is a true believer in advancing science and space flight.
6.8
Humans may one day need to leave planet Earth to survive. One possibility is Mars. Examine advances and developments that have brought us this far, and how much more needs to be done to make Mars a habitable reality.
8.4
Traitor/Patriot gives you an insider's look at the motivation behind the people who committed espionage.
7.9
From JP Morgan in the mid-19th century to Michael Milken in the 1980s, follow the banking tycoons who made and maintained the American empire.
8.1
Unique, first-person perspectives from some of the most respected scientists today, as they help to create a better future for everyone.
As the Nazis search for new avenues to hold back their enemies, a new plane that can strike quickly-faster than any piston-engined plane-heads into production.
7.5
La Sagrada Familia es uno de los monumentos más visitados de España. Esta es la historia, paso a paso, de la construcción de la catedral en Barcelona y de su creador, el genial Antonio Gaudí. Desde sus inicios a finales del siglo XIX hasta la actualidad.
The Luftwaffe held more sway with Hitler than the Army or the Navy, yet it failed him. What caused one of the most powerful air forces in the world to come crashing down?
To bring the fight into the heart of Japan, the U.S. needs an aircraft with enormous range and firepower. What do engineers face while building the B-29 Superfortress?
While Britain stands alone, the U.S. government secretly prepares to battle Nazi Germany.
The idea that there is a possibility of many worlds or multi universal theory is very new even though you may have learned about it in movies and comic books. Explore how this thinking was developed in the world of quantum mechanics and philosophy.
3.6
With the rise in superhero media, this film relives the reign of the vigilante over the last eight decades through its biography of Batman.
5.3
A series that mixes mind blowing real science, with unsolved mysteries, global conspiracies, & true stories
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They are the most common beings on earth. They have possibly been around as long as biological life has existed. They are considered dangerous and deadly – but they are much more than that. They are everywhere. Viruses.
8.5
Where and how will we be in 60 years? The next decades will undergo the biggest and fastest transformation ever. In technology, in science, in the environment, in interpersonal relationships. We live in a kind of great accelerator of science, in which the pace of discoveries does not cease to amaze. In the last decades more scientific knowledge accumulated than in all the history of the Humanity. In 2077 this scientific knowledge will have doubled several times.
7.4
A remote community in Africa, led by a woman chief, attempts to break the stranglehold of absolute poverty by waging a war on wildlife poaching. For decades illegal wildlife poaching by both subsistence and bush meat gangs has led to the government declaring this community’s homeland “depleted” of wildlife. The chief finds help in the form of a safari operator and they work together to bring stability to the community. But all was not well. Disease, food stability, and rampant alcoholism hamper basic needs like health care and education. Even young girls, just after reaching puberty, are sold by their parents as child brides in order to feed their family for one year. Dark forces including South African land speculators, criminal poaching gangs, and her own people conspire against the chief. Even elements from the modern world work against the chief’s wishes. Will the chief and her community see success?
7.1
One man's battle to end wolf hunting in the States. Eco-activist Rod Coronado has made it his life’s mission to advocate for the planet and the rights of animals. In 2014, he formed Wolf Patrol, an activist group which fights to preserve the grey wolves which roam Wisconsin’s forests. After 30 years of radical environmental action that earned Coronado the label, "eco-terrorist", Operation Wolf Patrol follows Rod's journey to redefine his activism. As ‘hunter harassment’ laws strengthen the rights of hunters in the States, Coronado is forced to make a momentous choice: retain his own freedom, or risk prison to continue his quest to protect America’s wildlife.
