August 5th, 1962, Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her Brentwood, California home at approximately 3:30am. The physician that foundher later stated that"she was nude, face-down onher bed, and had the telephone receiver in her hand". The Los Angeles co...
Physics is the science of Nature in the Broadest sense. Physicists study the behavior and properties of matter in a wide variety of contexts, ranging from thesub-nuclear particles from which all ordinary matter is made (particle physics) to the behav...
4.5 billion years ago - The moon forms when another planet slams into the early Earth. 4 billion years ago - The solar system endures the most violent meteorite bombardment in its history - the Lunar Cataclysm. 3 billion years ago - The Earth has wat...
We xamine the latest evidence in the search for E.T. and interview the key players, from planet hunters to UFO experts and the people who will be the first to hear from outer space. For the last fifty years, we've been transmitting powerful radio and...
How exactly do extreme machines work? The emphasis in this program is on which machines have furthered the course of mankind or which have made a great impact on our lives. From the trains of China nd India to the latest high speed engines in Europe ...
In "What Lies Below", NancyAulenbach, Dr.Jean Krejca and Andrea Croskrey, a team of cave explores, travels around the planet to explore and document the millions of uncharted miles of caves that rest beneath our feet, much of which has never been see...
Hundred of tons of space debris, most of it microscopic size particles, falls to earth every single day. But a fireball the size of a football foeld could land here too. An impact 65 million years ago appears to have ended the reign of the dinosaurs....
Explore with us and be truly amazed by the specialized adaptations of the Snake species. Snakes are beautiful and masterfully effective creatures that move and flow gracefully. This Ultimate Guide delves into snakes ancestry, evolution and adaptation...
Explore with us and be amazed by the specialized adaptations of Elephants. How have Elephants developed the ability to communicate without appareanty making a sound? This is just one of the questions "Ultimate Guide to Elephants" explores. Through th...
Explore with us the most savage killer but now extinct T-Rex. This is the story of the Tyrannosaurus Rex from his origins to his downfall and everything in between. Using humor and an element of surprise along with hard science, this program attempts...
How exactly do extreme machines work? The emphasis in this program is on which machines have furthered the course of mankind or which have made a great impact on our lives. Sbmarines, the terror of the Cold War arms race, are the U.S.'s most importan...
Could Mary Magdalene have been the wife of Jesus Christ and could they have had a chlid? And was Leoonardo da Vinci the head of a centuries-old secret society guarding that knoeledge? Using small, hand held cameras, Journalists and award-winning film...
Still wondering where to celebrate your holidays? Join us in discovering the coolest and hottest holiday spots to fulfill your fantasies.
Do you have unrealized dreams? Have you ever dreamed of being a Rock star, or a professional basketball player?...
Explore with us and be amazed by the specialized adaptations of Great Apes whose nearest relatives are humans. Why are Great Apes considered to be an evolutionary failure? "Ultimate Guide to Great Apes" explores this question and others through wildl...
When nature's strongest and deadliest warriors clash, only the fittest survive. The cougar is a highly specialized hunter with a whopping 85% hit rate when it goes for the kill. Wolves have a hit rate below 10%, but a single pack will catch and eat a...
Landslides are among the most deadly of nature's awesome forces. Throughout history they have taken a terrible toll in human life and property destruction. Randy Jibson. who investigates the cause of a 2005 landslide in the Californian town of La Con...
Documentary filmmaker Jim Dutcher and his wife, Jamie, lived with a family of wolves for three years to make this film. By bottle feeding them as puppies and being a constant presence in their lives, the Dutchers gained unprecedented acceptance into ...
Explore with us and be amazed by the specialized adaptations of Whales that claim to be the largest creatures that have ever lived but yet remain exquisitely gentle and peaceful mammals. Whales can dive up to a mile into the depths of the ocean. Lear...
When nature's strongest and deadliest warriors clash, only the fittest survive. Saltwater crocodiles usually live in rivers and estuaries in northern Australia - but as their name "saltwater" suggests, these crocs can make long oceanvoyages as they l...
When nature's strongest and deadlist warriors clash, only the fittest survive. This episode of Animal Face Off will try to decide who would emerge the victor in an encounter between a lion and a tiger. It's a fight that's too close to call. Anatomist...
Two shark attacks in two days and only miles apart. Is this a freak coincidence or are the shark behaving differently? What makes a shark strike? Are they starting to target humans? This program delves inside the gruesome shark attarks along the Gulf...
For 400 million years, sharks have dominated the Earth’s oceans. They have survived 5 planetary mass extinctions to become the top predators of the sea, honed to an evolutionary perfection.
But what shark species is the most deadly? Where in the wo...
Travel back in time with Bill Nye to see how the great discoveries of science were made and how they touch our lives today.
Biology is concerned with the characteristics and behaviors of organisms, how species and individuals come into existence and...
On August 31st, 1997, the entire world was shocked to learn of the tragic death of Princess Diana. Her car hit a concrete pillar at high speed in the Pont De L’Alma tunnel in Paris. A two-year investigation in France headed up by Judge Herve Stephan...
Explore one of the most famous engineering and scientific feats of all time: “Machu Picchu.” Listen to the tale of Machu Picchu, a lost city in the mountains of Peru, which is now enlisted as one the New Seven Wonders of the world.
Such is its sto...
Travel back in time with Bill Nye to see how the great discoveries of science were made and how they touch our lives today.
From the first ideas about inherited characteristics in plants to the complete sequencing of the human genome, discover why c...
As scientists discover the ice-age ancestors of animals such as rhinos, elephants , hippos and giraffes, other work to safeguard the future of these relics. While climate changes over the past 15,000 years and human predation has severely diminished...
See and explore the power and the beauty of our planet’s natural phenomenon. The rock-solid character of the Earth beneath our feet is only an illusion. The best place to be in an earthquake is standing in the middle of a field. Even today, geophysi...
Travel back in time with Bill Nye to see how the great discovies of science were made and how they touch our lives today.
Sometimes blue and red fluids mixed together do not just result in a purple fluid but can result in the creation of an exciting...
Explore and unveil the trus stories regarding the King and Queens of ancient Egypt, through the tales of their battles, loves, obsessions, preoccupations and deaths.
Ramses the Great - Ramses II ruled for 64 years. He built on a scale unequaled by a...
Experience the famous ancient world's greatest engineering feats and works of science while revealing the mystery and intrigue surrounding the Seven Wonders of the World.
Host John Romer invites viewers to investigate the statue of Zeus and the colo...
Travel back in time with Bill Nye to see how the great discoveries of science were made and how they touch our lives today.
The best Earth science discoveries have completely changes our understanding of the Earth's natural cycles. Only now can we b...
Palaces, among the most awe-inspiring man-made structures, are a focus of power on a grand and far-reaching scale. Join and travel around the Grand Palace in Bangkok, the greatest place of worship and center of government.
The palace, which serves a...
Explore and unveil the true stories regarding the King and Queens of ancient Egypt, through the tales of their battles, loves, obsessions, preoccupations and deaths.
Cleopatra, the enduring icon of ancient Egypt, is always portrayed as conflicting p...
Experience the famous ancient world's greatest engineering feats and works of science while revealing the mystery and intrigue surrounding the Seven Wonder of the world.Host John Romer invites viewers to investigate the statue of Zeus and the colossu...
El Escorial, or by its full name Monasterio de San Lorenzo del Escorial, is one of the most impressive building in Spain. It was built by Felipe II, to celebrate his victory over the French in 1557. King Felipe said, "For God a palace, for me a hut"....
Richly exotic and steeped in culture, the great palaces are treasures of both evident and hidden beauty. For almost 200 years, Hampton Court Palace was st the center of English court life, politic and notional history. Its most infamous resident was ...
Richly exotic and steeped in culture, the great palaces are treasures of both evident and hidden beauty. When King John won Portugal’s independence from Spain in 1385, he built a palace that would house his dynasty during the greatest era of the Por...
Since the end of World War II, Seoul has sacrificed much in the race to become one of Asia’s most affluent societies. Today, this vibrant, hip city seeks to remedythis through a garagantuan intrastructure project: the restoration of Cheonggyecheon, ...
The origin of life earth has always been a mystery to mystery to Science. Anew theory of evolution is forcing its way into modern thinking- that life as we know it originated in outer space. Some scientists suggested the building blocks of life might...
Explore the techniques and rituals of mummification throughout the ages, from the South American civilizations of 5000 BC to the virtual mummy factories of ancient Egypt, and discover the little-known incidents of mummification in this century. 有关�...
In a huge undertaking, researching and archaeologists working in Upper Mongolia unearth the of the Emperor of the Steppes along with ten tombs of dignitaries from the Xiongnu period. Believed to be the world's largest archaeological undertaking. this...
Explore the history of mummies throughout time and throughout the world. Together we embrace mummies both in fact, fiction, film and literature.
Unlock medical and historical data stored in mummified bodies. Travel to South America to unearth 500-ye...
Palaces, among the most awe-inspiring man-made structures, are a focus of power on a grand and far-reaching scale. Join and travel around the Summer Palace in Beijing, the greatest place of worship and center of government.The Summer Palace dates fro...
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon (also known as Hanging Gardens of Semiramis) (near present-day Al Hillah in Iraq) are considered one of the original Seven Wonders of the World. They were built by Nebuchadnezzar II around 60...
See and experience the famous ancient world's greatest engineering feats and works of science while revealing the mystery and intrigue surrounding the Seven Wonder of the world.Host John Romers takes viewers on a journey of wonder through an investig...
Stonehenge - Engliand's most mysterious ancient monument, older than the Pyramids of Egypt. But who built it and how? What we do know is that some of the rocks at Stonehenge were transported more 200 miles across the waters of England's widest tidal ...
In the rise of the Roman Empire, it was not always simple to separate virtue from vice, and hero from villain. Indeed, all too often. that were one and the same, Rome was still an adolescent discovering who it wanted to be, and its dream of greatness...
OBESERVATION MUST HAVE LED THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS TO BELIEVE THAT THE CYCLES OF LIFE WERE GOVERNED BY A RULE AND EACH PHENOMENON THEY DETECTED HAD A COUNTERPART. LIFE , THEY CONCLUDED, MUST HAVE AN AFTER-LIFE AS AN OPPOSITE. THIS BELIEF HAD A RIPPLE E...
"Great Book"features an in-depth look at some of the greatest books ever written. The story are re-created and also feature background information about the writers.In his famous work, Sigmund Freud established the foundation for modern-day psycholog...
Recent evidence has shows that our planet has plummeted into periods of intense cold time and time again in the past. The question is: When will we nest freeze over?
Naked Science reveals how massive volcanic eruptions can cause global temperatures ...
The Four Great Inventions of ancient China-gunpowder, printing, compass and papermaking- have had tremendous effect on human civilization and development. As English philosopher Francis Bacon once commented:" Printing, gunpowder and the compass: thes...
There is a place on Earth that we have never seen.It is a place of unimaginable heat and pressure, where no life could survive. Yet without it, we would perish for it holds the key to our precarious existence on this planet. 2000 miles below the Eart...