Once thought to be mermaids, the blubber butts are actually gentle giants.
Industry and globalization have been preoccupied with technologies that allow us to travel faster. However, due to technological advancements, our means of transport have become more and more inefficient, more harmful to the environment. It’s time to revolutionize the way we travel.
Over the past few years, technology has attracted more and more people, making life quicker and easier. Some people are now taking the next step: they are fusing their bodies with technology to increase their abilities and expand their senses - real-life cyborgs.
Every winter, ice roads are built across hundreds of miles in Canada's far north, connecting frozen rivers and lakes, and stretching up to the very northern tip of the country by the Arctic Ocean. For the people living in secluded villages these “ice highways” are vital for the transport of goods.
Africa, from mountains to marshland, deserts to coastlines, and grasslands to jungles.
Who were the visionaries behind the famed Apollo Space Program? This feature-length documentary offers an intimate, personal look at the inspiring people behind the scenes who rose to the challenge and pioneered space exploration.
The Great Pyramid of Giza is the last of the world’s Seven Ancient Wonders, but the Ancient Egyptians built more than 100 pyramids. Discover why these seven are so exceptional.
For two and a half years, we followed the scientific team of the NASA Lucy Mission, a mission that will unveil the origins of the Solar System, and shared with them the many challenges they had to overcome, such as a countdown to launch on time, the building of the huge solar arrays or a pandemic.
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?
An unprecedented archaeological discovery of hundreds of sacrificed children in Peru unlocks the secrets of one of the most powerful and mysterious civilizations in South American history.
This talk is given by Amy Leonard of Georgetown University.
With new state-of-the-art tools and technologies that include curious underwater vehicles and hydrodynamic modeling, scientists have hope of better understanding the threats to coral communities while finding the source to restock reefs worldwide.
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?
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.
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."
“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.
Pirates! Hollywood has fueled our imaginations and turned them into popular icons. Beyond literature and fantasy, the documentary reveals who these fearless adventurers and these masters of the sea once were.
The spectacular and surprisingly unorthodox biography of Carbon, the most misunderstood element on Earth. Accompanied by unique animations and celebrated scientists, including Neil deGrasse Tyson, Carbon reminds us of our humble participation in the most extraordinary story in the universe.
2018, 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?
These stories of courage capture the beauty of high school sports—on and off the field. See the real reasons why we laugh, why we cry, why we sweat and why we dream.
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.
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.
A two-and-one-half-year chronicle following the scientific team of the NASA Lucy Mission, which will unveil the origins of the Solar System. All of its challenges are documented in full–from the countdown to launch on time, to the building of the huge solar arrays, and even the unexpected pandemic.
The Paterson Healing Collective has been working to reduce shootings in the New Jersey city since 2020. This is the story of the work they do and the lives they touch.
