简介:Join astronomers in a race to find a planet that can sustain life. Amid all the space in the universe, is there another world like ours?Astronomers studying a nearby star say they've found the first potentially habitable planet—likely a rocky place with an atmosphere, temperate regions, and crucially, liquid water, considered vital for life as we know it. Other extrasolar plan...
简介:An astonishing six-part series that brings to life the most incredible creatures that ever existed. From Spinosaurus, the biggest killer to ever walk the Earth, to the immense sea-monster Predator X, and the deadly cannibalistic Majunasaurus - dinosaurs were more monstrous, more horrific and bizarre than ever before imagined. Combining a 3D graphic world, incredible CGI and stu...
简介:Brian Cox教授带我们用物理学揭开种种宇宙奇迹的奥秘,阐释人类和宇宙的深邃联系。茫茫宇宙,人类从何而来?宇宙又将走向何处?带着万千的疑问,我们跟随Brian Cox教授一起感受地球上罕见的景观,在这些壮丽的景观背后,隐藏着宇宙的秘密……让我们在欣赏美景的同时,深入了解物理学,逐渐揭开宇宙各种奇迹的神秘面纱,明了了人类与宇宙的深邃联系。阳光帅哥Brian Cox是一位粒子物理学家,曼彻斯特大学高能物理学教授,英国皇家学会会员,也是瑞士欧洲核物理研究组织(CERN)之大型强子对撞器(LHC)的六大实验参与者之一。但他的成名却是由于近年来常常出现在是BBC科普节目中。BBC曾播出他主持的科教节目的Wonders of the Solar System(《BBC:太阳系的奇迹》)。
简介:Nova ScienceNow examines the question of whether we can live forever. It looks scientists who are exploring hibernation and building organ replacements and profiles computer scientist Jason Leigh.生物学正进入一个新的时代,一个不朽的时代。随着医疗技术的进步,我们终于能够提出一个令前人匪夷所思的问题:我们可以长生不老吗?我们可以治疗疾病,更换身上坏死的器官,甚至让健康科学上升到基因学的高度。所以的这一切能够为人类带来永生吗?同时,我们应该这么做吗?
简介:我们有史以来第一次以如此清晰的方式,目睹胚胎在一个月大到十星期大这个过程中的面部形成过程——直到这个过程结束,胚胎的体积也还只有一颗菜豆那么大。不过,更令人震惊的或许是影片本身——在子宫中,人类的“变形”并不比什么科幻动画与电影作品中的机器人来得平淡。胚胎的发育是地球生物演化数十亿年的缩影,人类的本源和几乎所有其它生物一样,在于鱼类。因此,人类的眼睛也同样是先出现在头的两侧,到后来才转移到中间;你的下唇与颚部最初出现在颈部的位置,一如鱼类的腮,而上唇和鼻孔则是从脑袋的上方逐渐降下来和下面“合体这一切扭曲、旋转、移动与拼接浑然天成,没有一道疤痕和缺口,不过在拼接的交汇处终究还是留下了一点痕迹,那就是你的人中以上内容出自BBC节目Inside the Human Body,由Michael Mosley博士主持。节目中还介绍了诸如“打嗝是从鱼类和两栖类继...
简介:Examines the once a year phenomenon when the Californian squid come in their millions to mate in the shallow waters around the Californian coast. Their predators are, of course, well aware of this meeting. For many years, biologist Phil Sammet has been observing the Californian squid and has made some surprising discoveries.
简介:Two-part documentary which deals with two of the deepest questions there are - what is everything, and what is nothing?In two epic, surreal and mind-expanding films, Professor Jim Al-Khalili searches for an answer to these questions as he explores the true size and shape of the universe and delves into the amazing science behind apparent nothingness.The first part, Everything...
简介:Building the Brand is a ten-part American documentary television series which aired on the now-defunct 3net channel. Each episode visits a factory of a different brand which manufactures some of the world's most iconic products. The series is produced in 3D.The series features the production process as well as interviews with key players at the business.Episode 1: WinnebagoEp...
简介:Horizon explores the secrets of what makes a long, healthy and happy life. It turns out that a time you can't remember - the nine months you spend in the womb - could have more lasting effects on you today than your lifestyle or genes. It is one of the most powerful and provocative new ideas in human science, and it was pioneered by a British scientist, Professor David Barker. ...