Leonardo da Vinci: the most famous, most admired of all painters. Yet, the man himself remains elusive. Old accounts describe someone too handsome, too strong, too perfect to be accurate. Then, a chance discovery takes the art world by storm. Could it be an unknown self-portrait by da Vinci?
Have you ever wondered what it's like to be struck by lightning or be propelled by hurricane-speed winds? What is it really like inside a burning house? In this fun (and funny!) science series Nigel Latta subjects himself to a variety of 'don't try this at home' experiments to explore some of the more dramatic aspects of fundamental science.
Fotografen Martin Dohrn har satt upp speciella kameror för att fånga Bristols hektiska och komplexa värld – i sin egen bakgård.
En närmare titt på de livsformer som levde under de permiska, triasiska och kritiska perioderna, som började för 250 miljoner år sedan.
Engineer and adventurer Rob Bell climbs aboard some of the world’s fastest theme park rides and discovers how these rides affect our bodies.
Futuristen och filosofen Jason Silva utforskar hur teknologisk singularitet, övermänsklig intelligens, kan ske genom bioteknologi, nanoteknik och artificiell intelligens.
En serie som blandar otrolig riktig vetenskap med olösta mysterier, globala konspirationsteorier och verkliga historier.
Explore the latest science on serial killing and why a certain portion of the population is compelled to commit the most heinous acts imaginable.
Här får man veta sanningen om några av Finlands mest uppmärksammade brott. Man följer den finska polisens arbete när de använder sig av den senaste tekniken för att kunna lösa brotten.
The whole story of the Costa Concordia ship disaster, the worst cruise accident since the Titanic.
A journey through the evolution of time travel; from it origins, it's evolution and influence in science fiction, to the exciting possibilities in the future.
Vi undersöker de senaste fynden och bilderna från både Pluto och utkanten av vårt solsystem. Bilderna avslöjar en värld som inte liknar något vi sett förr.
Under de stora amerikanska nationalparkerna och deras vackra växt- och djurliv, ligger ömtåliga marina ekosystem.
Former combat videographer Miles Lagoze presents personal footage of U.S. Marines in the Afghan war zone.
Följ med astronauten Chris Hadfield, tillsammans med liftarna Michio Kaku (och andra) på en resa genom vårt solsystem, nedskalad till storleken samma storlek som det kontinentala USA.
Tribute artists make a living from the one-time fame of artists like Elvis, Jackie Wilson and Jerry Lee Lewis. Documentary.
In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans Antarctic Expedition headed for the South Pole and disaster. Shackleton's Captain reveals the truth behind the spectacular survival of all the crew and shows how one man's extraordinary skill and unsung heroism made it possible: Frank Worsley, Captain of the expedition ship, Endurance.
Humpback Whales takes audiences to Alaska, Hawaii and the Kingdom of Tonga for a close-up look at how these whales communicate, sing, feed, play and take care of their young. Humpbacks were nearly driven to extinction 50 years ago, but today are making a steady recovery. Join a team of researchers as they explore what makes humpbacks the most acrobatic of all whales, why only the males sing, and why these intelligent 50-foot, 48-ton animals migrate more than 6,000 miles round-trip every year.
De är de ultimata överlevarna, isbjörnarna måste klara av en av de mest extrema miljöerna på vår planet men är trots det fortfarande ett apex rovdjur.
Forskare pressar gränserna i deras fält för att utveckla nya tekniker och verktyg i kampen mot internationell terrorism.
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.
De mörkaste dagarna under det kalla kriget ledde till den största kommunikationsrevolutionen genom tiderna. Medan USA tävlade om att innovera med Sovjet unionen så lades fundamentet för internet.
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.
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?