6.8
The US National Parks have some of the most iconic landscapes in the U.S. But there is also an underwater side to explore!
6.7
The New Horizons team examines the latest findings and imagery from Pluto and the fringes of our solar system revealing a world unlike any other we've seen before.
6.6
What if you could get behind the wheel and race through space? We scale down the Solar System to the continental United States and place the planets along the way to better appreciate the immense scale of the Universe. See space as never before, with Mars looming over the Freedom Tower and Jupiter towering above the Lincoln Memorial. Join former astronaut Chris Hadfield - a YouTube sensation for his performance of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” aboard the International Space Station - and his interstellar hitchhikers Michio Kaku and astronomers Derrick Pitts and Laura Danly. It’s a joyride from coast to coast - and from the sun to Pluto.
6.4
Tribute artists make a living from the one-time fame of artists like Elvis, Jackie Wilson and Jerry Lee Lewis. Documentary.
7.5
Recriação da aventura do capitão Frank Worsley, que aceitou em 1914 o comando do navio Endurance (Resistência) para levar a Expedição Transatlântica Imperial ao Polo Norte, liderada por Sir Ernest Shackleton. Quando o navio se esmagou, o heroísmo e a perícia marítima do capitão salvou todos a bordo.
5.6
Researchers are pushing the boundaries of their fields to develop more accurate and efficient responses against international terrorism.
5.3
The ultimate icons of the polar wilderness able to withstand the harshest environments and remain a top predator; the lives of polar bears are nothing short of remarkable!
6.2
It is the birth of neutrino astronomy. For the first time, astrophysicists can detect extra-terrestrial neutrinos in ice on the South Pole. The fundamental questions of science remain unanswered., how did the universe come to be? What keeps our world together? The newly discovered extra-galactic neutrinos may hold the keys to answering these questions.
6.3
The darkest days of the Cold War lead to the greatest communications revolution in history. While racing to out-innovate the Soviet Union, American scientists develop the foundations of the web. UCLA professor Leonard Kleinrock is there as the first internet message is transmitted in 1969.
6.8
The whole story of the world’s most famous monument is told for the first time, from its ancient beginnings to the groundbreaking renovation underway amid a storm of controversy.
6
CERN and the University of California-Santa Barbara are collaborating in the search for the elusive substance that physicists and astronomers believe holds the universe together -- dark matter. Where is this search now in the realm of particle physics and what comes next?
7.1
Today, banks may be failing — but economic crisis is nothing new. In 1637 Holland, tulip mania resulted in the first big bust in the history of booms.
6.4
Host Brendan Moar dives into the process of what it takes to bring down some of the biggest structures from around the world.
6.4
A five-part series that explores the forgotten story of the incredible engineering feats and secret survival techniques of five legendary battles fought underground during World War I.
7.2
A documentary filmed at Moton Field in Tuskegee Alabama, home to the airmen of the 99th Fighter Squadron. They were the first African American fighter pilots trained to fly in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Nearly 1,000 pilots trained in Tuskegee and about half of those saw combat, destroying or damaging about 400 enemy aircraft, but found themselves fighting two wars-- the one against fascism abroad, and the one against racism at home.
6.6
Documentary about the Battle of Jutland, a naval battle during World War I between the British and German fleets, which took place on 31 May and 1 June 1916 in the North Sea, off the west coast of Denmark. It re-creates the events of the battle and examines why the number of British warships that sank was so much higher than the number of German ships that were lost. Shown to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the battle.
7.3
O ano de 1929 passou à história como o ano no qual estourou a maior crise econômica do sistema capitalista. Os "Felizes Anos Vinte" foram um tempo de prosperidade e bonança econômica para os Estados Unidos que, ao contrário dos seus aliados europeus, haviam ressurgido fortes e dominantes da Primeira Guerra Mundial. Esta seria uma época dourada caracterizada por fortes investimentos, crédito fácil e especulação que atingiria o seu auge em Outubro de 1929, após a devastadora queda da Bolsa de Wall Street. As consequências dramáticas não tardariam a fazer-se sentir: incalculáveis perdas econômicas, mais de três mil bancos na bancarrota e um grande número de famílias na mais completa ruína.
Explore the cutting edge with innovators tackling the world's toughest challenges with high-tech solutions, breakthroughs and discoveries.
6.2
Supported by stunning 3D graphics, Dr. Darius Arya explains the purpose and architectural significance of ancient Roman buildings.
5.9
Television made John Kennedy the ultimate celebrity during his presidency. However, the JFK we remember is the one his wife, Jackie, created after his death. From Air Force One to the Oval Office to the Rose Garden, Jackie Kennedy designed the symbols of presidential power still used today.
6.1
Watch dramatic footage of violent volcano eruptions that caused immense damage, including the Mount Pinatubo eruption in 1991, one of the largest eruptions of the 20th century.
7.2
Rock icon Sting opens his brain to researchers to study how our gray matter uses music to shape the human experience and define our life stages.
5.7
Meet the Father of Our Country in a whole new way as historians analyze George Washington's voluminous correspondence. Setting out his contacts and letters in the modern framework of a Facebook profile gives Washington's busy and productive career a new transparency.
