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.
The story of the unprecedented Allied bombing campaign during WWII. At first, they target enemy manufacturers; next, the civilian populations.
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.
7.5
Combining real footage, archival footage, fiction and 3D modeling, this unseen documentary traces the history of this spectacular and unfinished work.
While Britain stands alone, the U.S. government secretly prepares to battle Nazi Germany.
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?
7.9
Money made America a global empire and for the last 150 years America’s riches have been controlled by the titans of Wall Street.
8.1
Unique, first-person perspectives from some of the most respected scientists today, as they help to create a better future for everyone.
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.
With WWII over, Britain looks to develop bombers to counter the nuclear ambitions of the Soviet Union. As they search through innovative foreign technologies, they discover one idea a little closer to home. Pulling its inspiration from nature itself, this new bomber offers stability and grace.
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?
6.8
Behind the veil of tourism in Asia’s most stunning National Parks people and animals share the same backyard. Unlike protected areas in North America and Europe, the diverse endangered habitats of Asia are almost always home to people as well as wildlife. This series explores how people and animals live and survive together. Meet gentle Shinto people who have learned how to live in the shadow of an active volcano, a tribal man who cares for orphan elephants by day while wild elephants threaten his village every night and see how the spirits of a tropical island off Borneo stopped a local Imam from cutting down the rainforest. One-horned rhinoceroses, Asiatic elephants, Guizhou golden monkeys and a cast of other wildlife characters fill the lands of Asia from the flood plains of India to the granite peaks of China’s holy mountains. The result is a fusion of great stories, engaging characters and rare and threatened wildlife against a backdrop of drama and beauty.
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
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.
7
São a espécie mais comum da Terra e 50 por cento do ADN humano provém dela. Mas os vírus também se podem tornar uma ameaça à medida que interferimos no equilíbrio biológico do planeta. Este documentário explora o universo da investigação dos vírus e o que a história das epidemias nos ensina.
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?
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.
8.6
Aerial cinematographer Doug Thron uses next-generation drone technology to find animals who are stranded or left behind by natural disasters and get them back safely to their owners or to their natural habitat.
8
What would we be without mucus? Can we live on water? How much does life weigh? Finding out the answers is the aim of ARTE's new science show. In a nod to Douglas Adams's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", where the figure 42 is the ultimate answer to all questions, 42 tries to provide the answers.
6.9
Na órbita da Terra, milhares de detritos espaciais se acumulam. A sua proliferação ameaça o funcionamento dos satélites, essenciais no domínio das telecomunicações, e todas as futuras missões espaciais. Vinte mil objetos e um milhão de pedaços de detritos maiores que 1 cm giram em torno do planeta. É urgente limpar o espaço...
6.5
Esta é a história de uma família de suricatos muito especiais. Resgatados do comércio clandestino de animais silvestres, eles serão devolvidos à sua verdadeira casa, o Kalahari.
