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Discovering Ardi (Ardipithecus Ramidus)

Following the publication in October 2009, several works in the discovery and study of 4.4 million years ago partial female skeleton nicknamed Ardi in the journal Science, Discovery Channel presents a world premiere special, Ardi Discover documenting ongoing research, intense leading up to this landmark publication of Ardipithecus ramidus fossils. Scientific research began in the Ethiopian[...]

Download: The True Story of the Internet

This documentary is about the technological, cultural, commercial and social revolution that has drastically and fundamentally changed our lives forever; this is a story in which 20-year-olds become overnight billionaires, create, destroy and re-create an immense amount of wealth in a mere ten years. The men and women who made it possible come forward to[...]

In God We Teach

"In God We Teach"  tells the story of a high school student who secretly recorded his history teacher in class and accused him of proselytizing for Jesus. The teacher, in danger of losing his job strenuously denied it. The specifics of this controversy speak directly to the church and state issues that are being heatedly[...]

The Cosmos: A Beginner’s Guide

The Cosmos: a beginner's guide-production fully funded by the Open University BBC TWO - addresses the big questions about the solar system, space and the universe at large: How was it done? Are we alone? What is the farthest we can see? Is there another earth somewhere? Presented by Adam Hart-Davis, with reports from geologist and[...]

Health: Body Builders

Bodies can be built in a lab? This research is not something that could happen in the distant future. It is being used today to growfresh organs, opening new avenues for studying the disease and the immune system and reduce the need for organ transplants.

Organ culture, the labs are popping up all over the planet,[...]

If We Had No Moon

Without the moon, humans would not exist. Life, if they had started at all, would be in the early stages of evolution. Days will last four hours, winds blowing at hurricane force and there would be a dense, toxic atmosphere similar to Venus. Fortunately, 50 million years after solar system formation, our proto-planet was beaten by a[...]

Heavy Watergate: The War Against Cold Fusion

On March 23, 1989, respected chemists, Dr. Stanley Pons and Martin Fleishman made an announcement that shook the world of science. Desktop experiments with heavy water, a renewable resource available in the water of oceans, produced large amounts of thermal energy. The proper name of "cold fusion", challenged this development many basic scientific concepts. In response, a[...]

Pandora’s Box

It began with a weapon created by the scientists who threatened to destroy the world. But then, a group of men who were convinced that control of the new danger began to gain influence in America. They manipulate the terror. They use the methods of science. Pandora's Box was a six-part 1992 BBC documentary television series[...]

Under The Knife

Louis Theroux travels to Los Angeles to see the world in plastic surgery, where improvements breast, tummy tuck, muscle implants and the like are common procedures. Spending time in the consultations of various plastic surgeons, Luis meets the doctors who performed the operations and people feel the need to work - if it is a man[...]

100 Greatest Discoveries

Scientists have transformed the way we think and live throughout the centuries. What are the most important scientific discoveries of all time? Without any particular order, are the top 100 in eight different categories. Explore the universe, the world around you, the world under a microscope, things of the earth under their feet, the past, making the[...]

The Betrayal by Technology: A Portrait of Jacques Ellul

The Technological Society was a book which when published in English made Jacques Ellul, a French theologian/sociologist and anarchist, famous among the American readers. This book critically assessed technique, a term that means more than merely gadgets and machines, similar to the way the English word ‘technology’ means. Ellul thought of technique as a way of life[...]

Water: The Great Mystery

Understanding the new discoveries behind one of the worlds most unstudied substances

The Sun

Approximately 5 billion years and fewer than 333,000 times the mass of Earth, discovering the charming history of the sun, the heart of our solar system and the driving force of life on Earth. The Sun is by far the brightest object in the sky. It is so bright during the day its light drowns[...]

Sixty Symbols

Have you ever been confused by all the letters and scribbles used by scientists? We hope that these videos some of the mysteries unravel.

Sixty-symbols is a collection of videos about physics and astronomy, presented by experts from the University of Nottingham.

There are lessons or lectures - and never intended to be an online reference book.[...]