More than a million people fleeing the civil war in Syria have found shelter in Europe. Most of them left everything behind, also beloved pets. Rawaa Kilani, who fled Damascus herself and now lives in the Netherlands, helps her compatriots to be reunited with their pets.
Gjellestad, Norway. Archaeologists made the discovery of a lifetime: a 20-meter-long, 1200-year-old Viking funeral ship. Who is hiding in the grave? Is Gjellestad one of the oldest Viking settlements? What can this coffin tell us about the daily lives, beliefs, and traditions of the Vikings?
Work in Progress: Why do we even work? explores the different ways in which companies can give meaning to work. In short, why do some of us like to go to work? Why should I get up five days a week to go to work? And why should I join one company rather than another?
For the first time in history, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has pierced the Sun’s corona and is orbiting above its surface. Scientists have a front-row seat to better understand the sun and predict huge solar eruptions that can cause serious damage when they hit Earth.
This talk is given by Amy Leonard of Georgetown University.
It took an extraordinary set of circumstances to bring Abraham Lincoln to the White House. Violence in the streets... and in the U.S. capital. Dueling Newspapers. An unpredictable election with four main candidates, and an obscure frontier lawyer destined for greatness.
Beneath the volcanic pumice and ash that buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago, Italian archaeologists have uncovered a modern city street—complete with "fast food" roadside taverns—and a chariot that some call the "Lamborghini of the ancient world."
In the coming decades, we will unveil the universe's greatest mystery: life beyond Earth. This film explores future missions to Mars and discoveries beyond Earth.
Ten years after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant following the 3.11 megaquake and megatsunami, the once beautiful ‘satoyama’ landscape is now replaced by haphazardly spreading wilderness. The most conspicuous change may be in the local ecosystem.
This talk is given by Steve Brusatte of University of Edinburgh.
During the Cold War, the border between Czechoslovakia and the West became a dramatic scene. Between 1945 and 1989, several hundred people lost their lives. 30 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, justice is now being served.
Think it couldn’t happen in America? This is the chilling story of German immigrant Fritz Julius Kuhn who was elected leader of the Nazi group—the German American Bund. Claiming to be Hitler’s deputy in America, the “American Führer” filled Madison Square Garden with thousands of supporters.
“The Oldest Vine,” a documentary special from SOMM TV, details the story of what might be the oldest wine-producing vine in the world currently thriving in one of the last places you’d ever expect – the sprawling metropolitan city of Los Angeles.
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A mind-blowing romp through history builds a pathway to the present - and a breakthrough that stands to profoundly change our future.
It was called the ultimate interceptor, an aircraft of such advanced design and promise that it captivated the US Air Force for over a decade. As one of the missing Century series fighters, the XF-103 represented a quantum leap forward in fighter design.
Imagine if all waste just lay where it fell. We’d all be drowning in feces rotting plants and animal corpses, were it not for the cleanup crew. Often unfairly despised, we should see these animals, crabs, dung beetles, vultures and crows as our heroes, keeping us safe from diseases.
The ghost cat is one of the most elusive animals roaming the wilderness.
Water provides a haven; it can be a nursery, a migration stop, a larder and a home.
Surf zones where ocean waves meet coastal habitats are food-rich waters.
Looking down on the world from above, one might see the incredible diversity of landscapes.
The FAST radio telescope is the biggest ever built—and can detect signals emitted tens of thousands of light years away. From technological innovations to architectural challenges and first results, follow each step that gave birth to a tool designed to prove we aren’t alone in the universe.
During WWII the federal government took over the 60k acres of land known as, Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau, turning it into a secret city where workers unknowingly were building the world's 1st atomic bomb. Today it’s known as the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where some believe that WWII was won.
During the 1930s, communities across Appalachia were in the dark at night because electric lines still had not connected them to the 20th Century. The TVA turned to the watersheds draining the Great Smoky Mountains and built a series of hydroelectric complexes that sparked the South’s economy.
It’s a pretty tough decision to pick nature's cutest animal - a koala, a penguin, a big-eyed, wobbly-kneed fawn, a fluffy white seal, playing polar bear cubs. It’s a long line-up but expects a lot of oooh’s and awwws while you try to decide!
