Oravat ovat yksi maailman tunnetuimmista nisäkkäistä. Suloisen ulkokuoren alla lymyilee uskomattoman sopeutuva eläin - oravat pärjäävät paitsi puissa, myös ilmassa, vedessä ja maan alla, eikä kylmyys tai kuumuus ole niille ongelma. Dokumentti selvittää, mistä oravien menestystarina juontaa juurensa.
Discovered by an unlikely team of amateur historians 45 feet beneath a Kansas cornfield, the Steamboat Arabia is one of the best-preserved shipwrecks in American history. The treasures contained within painting a vivid picture of western expansion and the treacherous frontier.
Saksalaiset viekoiteltiin natsismin tukijoiksi vahvoilla vaikutuskeinoilla, kuten hienolla suunnittelulla, mahtavilla teknisillä keksinnöillä ja salakavalalla propagandalla.
Vuonna 1914 Ernest Shackleton lähti Endurance-aluksellaan kohti Etelämannerta, mutta juuttui jäihin jo menomatkalla. Kapteeni Worsleyn poikkeukselliset merimiestaidot olivat tarpeen, kun retkikunta taisteli hengestään.
The High Frontier tells the untold story of Gerard K. O'Neill who in 1977 wrote the book, The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space, which sparked a grassroots movement to build Earth-like habitats in space in order to solve Earth's greatest crises.
Kuinka paljon ”tiedettä” on ”rikosteknisessä tieteessä”? On aika haastaa rikospaikan tutkintamenetelmät oikeuteen.
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?
The true story of the smallest Green Beret soldier who became a war hero-only to be killed homeless and alone, whose life and death are shrouded in mystery.
A worldwide scientific investigation on tsunamis. Thanks to exclusive access in Palu, Indonesia, follow the UN’s hand-picked scientific team of "tsunami hunters". Where do they strike? How do they submerge us? What can we do to survive them?
Todista Ranskan vallankumous ennennäkemättömällä tavalla – maailman voimakkaimman monarkian kaatuminen ja vastarinta, joka repi kansakunnan kahtia.
Saahi Mohammad Reza Pahlavi olisi täyttänyt 100 vuotta lokakuussa 2019. Saahin tarina alkaa hyvistä ideoista ja ihanteista ja päättyy veriseen kaaokseen.
Take a 4.5 billion-year trip back to the chaotic beginning of our solar system where survival of the fittest played out on an interplanetary scale.
The Singularity, or the arrival of superhuman intelligence, has been described as both the "rapture of the nerds" and inevitable. Futurist and philosopher Jason Silva explores the ways in which this radical transformation may occur through biotechnology, nanotechnology and artificial intelligence.
A documentary exploring the causes of the 1929 Wall Street Crash.Over six terrifying, desperate days in October 1929, shares crashed by a third on the New York Stock Exchange. More than $25 billion in individual wealth was lost. Later, three thousand banks failed, taking people's savings with them. Surviving eyewitnesses describe the biggest financial catastrophe in history.
Volcanoes: The Fires of Creation is a tale of science, culture, and thrilling adventure! Earth is a planet born of fire. For billions of years, volcanoes have helped create the world we know. From the continents to the air we breathe and even life itself, all have their origins in fire. With over 500 active volcanoes, Earth is bursting at the seams with these forces of mass construction. The story of volcanoes is the story of the planet’s creation, and the story of us.
Sarja esittelee permi-, trias- ja liitukausien elämää: se alkaa 250 miljoonan vuoden päästä menneisyydestä.
Brittisarjassa insinööri ja seikkailija Rob Bell tutustuu maailman hurjimpiin huvipuistolaitteisiin ja selvittää tieteen keinoin, kuinka laitteet vaikuttavat ihmisen kehoon ja mieleen.
An artistic view of Van Gogh as if this movie is self narrated by himself.
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.
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.
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.
The film tells the story of the Chernobyl accident through a mosaic of unique personal testimonies of its participants. The experiences of the difficult past and the sad results of the present recreate the full picture of the accident 30 years later.
Nämä ihmiset tekevät taatusti meihin vaikutuksen, mutta mikä tekee heihin vaikutuksen? Parrasvalojen takana -sarjassa tutustutaan julkisuuden henkilöiden kiinnostuksenkohteisiin.
Pienetkin virheet rakennusten rakentamisen ja ajoneuvojen kokoamisen aikana voivat johtaa suuriin onnettomuuksiin.