Imagine you're Alan Eustace. You're in your 50's, you've got two young daughters and a loving wife at home and you're the Senior Vice-President of 'Knowledge' at Google. But none of that matters to you right now -- because in less than a minute the giant balloon strapped to your back is going to inflate to the size of a football stadium as it carries you over 135,000 feet strai...
At 86, writer Robert Caro is working to complete the final volume of his masterpiece, “The Lyndon Johnson Years“; its editor Robert Gottlieb, 91, waits to edit it. This unique double portrait reveals the work habits, quirks, and professional joys of these two intellectuals at the height of a journey that consumed their lives, and impacted generations of politicians, activists, ...
黄石国家公园(Yellowstone National Park)拥有众多的景观和种类繁多的动物,聚集在一个引人入胜的生态系统中。该地区曾经有19000多只麋鹿,但在过去的20年中,其数量猛跌了80%。神秘的下降引发了许多问题,研究人员正在争相提供答案。与他们一起研究从狼到熊到树木再到鳟鱼的一系列理论和犯罪嫌疑人,以解决这个令人震惊的难题。
For centuries we have dreamt of reaching the centre of the Earth. Now scientists are uncovering a bizarre and alien world that lies 4,000 miles beneath our feet, unlike anything we know on the surface. It is a planet buried within the planet we know, where storms rage within a sea of white-hot metal and a giant forest of crystals make up a metal core the size of the Moon.
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Chris Cubas是一名喜剧演员,也是德克萨斯州奥斯汀市的打工人。奥斯丁是整个国家贫富差最大的城市之一,克里斯计划找出原因。他将在接下来的一个月里成为“百分之一”的富人,他有3万美元,需要在30天的时间来花掉它。他将用这些钱来接触他一无所知的那1%的人,看看为什么富人越来越富而穷人却一直穷。然而,依靠暂时的富有进入了富人圈,却让他更加明白要想让一个有钱人,金钱、服装或在高尔夫球场上闲谈是远远不够的……
Good Deed拿下讲述奥黛丽·赫本的纪录片[奥黛丽](Audrey,暂译)北美发行权。该片由海伦娜·科恩([臻于至善])执导,Salon Pictures制作。影片讲述奥黛丽隐藏在完美外表下的伤心故事,同时也将记录她如何追随自己的内心离开了好莱坞,在人道主义的工作上寻找到真正的激情以及遇到她将陪伴度过余生的男人。影片将包括大量视听的材料及访谈。[奥黛丽]将于2020年登陆北美院线。
The Hidden Story - Secret History: New evidence rewrites the Great Wall of China's history, decodes its complex signals system and reveals the surprise ingredient that's kept it standing.
The pygmy hippo is one of nature's last great mysteries. Solitary, secretive and extremely hard to find, scientists know almost nothing about this endangered animal in the wild and what it needs to survive. Now, a young Australian ecologist, Wei-Yeen Yap, is taking on what could be 'mission impossible'. In a remote West African rainforest, Wei investigates the secret life of th...
49,000 year old Neanderthal bones have been discovered by chance in a remote, mountainous region of Northern Spain. The bones may help solve the biggest Neanderthal puzzle of all – why we are here today and Neanderthals are not.
The Last Ocean The Ross Sea, Antarctica is the most pristine stretch of ocean on Earth. A vast, frozen landscape that teems with life - whales, seals and penguins carving out a place on the very edge of existence. Californian ecologist David Ainley has been traveling to the Ross Sea to study this unique ecosystem for more than thirty years. He has written scientific papers desc...
In1956, four years before Jane Goodall ventured into the world of chimpanzees and seven years before Dian Fossey left to work with mountain gorillas, in fact, before anyone, man or woman had made such a trip, 23-year old Canadian biologist, Anne Innis Dagg, made an unprecedented solo journey to South Africa to become the first person in the world to study animal behavior in the...
Wild Tokyo is being coproduced by NHK, ITV Studios-owned prodco Oxford Scientific Films (OSF) and distribution arm ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
The 1×60’ 4K blue-chip documentary looks behind the concrete curtain of Tokyo at the city’s natural refuges where wildlife has adapted and co-habits with humans.
What can be done in the time it takes to blink? The History of the Pit Stop: Gone in Two Seconds is the story of the brave mavericks who invented the techniques and technologies that took the pit stop from a time-consuming racing rarity to an F1 staple that takes less than a couple of seconds to complete.
When the Red Bull Racing team prepares for a pit stop, it's a choreograph...
For better or for worse, Vice President Dick Cheney was the last decade’s most influential American politician. And yet, he remains cloaked in mystery. Cheney’s political brand was dedicated to re-establishing the executive authority, privilege, and secrecy endemic to the pre-Watergate era. In short, we don’t know Dick. This exhaustive treatment of Cheney’s career sheds much-ne...
An unprecedented UHD film on Karnataka's rich Biodiversity narrated by David Attenborough. Portraying the state with highest number of Tigers and Elephants using the latest technology - a masterpiece showcasing the state, its flora, fauna.
On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. It killed 11 workers and caused the worst oil spill in American history. The explosion still haunts the lives of those most intimately affected, though the story has long ago faded from the front page. At once a fascinating corporate thriller, a heartbreaking human drama and a peek inside the walls...
The attempt to send and land astronauts on Mars risks billions of dollars and the lives of those brave enough to attempt it. Is the possible benefit really worth the risk? And is it really achievable?
Guiding us through this ethical and scientific minefield is Dr Kevin Fong. Kevin's diverse background in astrophysics, aeronautics and medicine makes him uniquely placed to unders...