The Secret Life of Your Bodyclock (2009)

¿Cómo se convirtió tu cuerpo en la máquina complicada, peculiar y sorprendente que es hoy? El anatomista Neil Shubin descubre las respuestas en esta serie científica de 3 partes que analiza la evolución humana. Usando fósiles, embriones y genes, revela cómo nuestros cuerpos son el legado de peces, reptiles y primates antiguos: los antepasados ​​que nunca supo que estaban en su árbol genealógico.

Earth teems with a staggering variety of animals, including 9,000 kinds of birds, 28,000 types of fish, and more than 350,000 species of beetles. What explains this explosion of living creatures—1.4 million different species discovered so far, with perhaps another 50 million to go? The source of life's endless forms was a profound mystery until Charles Darwin brought forth his revolutionary idea of natural selection. But Darwin's radical insights raised as many questions as they answered. What actually drives evolution and turns one species into another? To what degree do different animals rely on the same genetic toolkit? And how did we evolve?

A documentary series from Channel 4, hosted by professor Richard Dawkins, well-known darwinist. The series mixes segments on the life and discoveries of Charles Darwin, the theory of natural selection and evolution, and Dawkins' attempts at convincing a group of school children that evolution explains the world around us better than any religion.

An African narrator tells the story of earth history, the birth of the universe and evolution of life. Beautiful imagery makes this movie documentary complete.

La gran visión de Darwin, que la vida ha evolucionado durante millones de años por selección natural, ha sido la piedra angular de todas las series de historia natural de David Attenborough. En este documental, nos lleva a un viaje profundamente personal que refleja su propia vida y la forma en que llegó a entender la teoría de Darwin.

Darwin desató una nueva visión de la naturaleza y la evolución de las especies, que hizo añicos la visión tradicional del mundo armonioso creado por Dios. Descubre este desafío contra las creencias tradicionales, que fue una lucha personal de Darwin.

Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book, this special takes viewers on an exploration of the human relationship with the plant world -- seen from the plants' point of view. Narrated by Frances McDormand, the program shows how four familiar species -- the apple, the tulip, marijuana and the potato -- evolved to satisfy our yearnings for sweetness, beauty, intoxication.

Documental sobre los efectos devastadores del cambio climático. El ex-vicepresidente norteamericano Al Gore muestra un contundente y preocupante retrato de la situación del planeta, amenazado por el calientamiento global provocado por las ingentes emisiones de CO2 por parte de la acción del hombre. Un documental cuya leyenda reza: "De lejos la película más aterradora que verá jamás".

Charles Darwin (Paul Bettany), científico naturalista en la Inglaterra de principios del Siglo XIX, regresa de un largo viaje alrededor del mundo con la clave para explicar el origen de las especies. Pero cuando se dispone a publicar su revolucionaria teoría sobre la vida, se encuentra con una sociedad que no está preparada para el cambio y con la desaprobación de su propia esposa (Jennifer Connelly). Cuando su hija Annie fallece a la tierna edad de diez años, Charles y Emily se encontrarán ante el mayor dilema de su vida que pondrá a prueba su amor ¿Qué puede explicar la muerte, la religión o la Ciencia?

Thriller de ciencia ficción que se centra en un neurocientífico que, después de sufrir un accidente de coche y que en este muriera su familia, no se detendrá ante nada para traerlos de vuelta, incluso si eso significa enfrentarse a él mismo dentro de un laboratorio controlado por el gobierno, un grupo de trabajo de policía y las leyes físicas de la ciencia.

Clive (Adrien Brody) y Elsa (Sarah Polley) son dos brillantes científicos que, por medio de la ingeniería genética, se dedican a crear variaciones de especies conocidas. Aunque han alcanzado el éxito, su ambición les hará perder el control, cuando, en secreto, decidan llevar sus experimentos más allá de la moral. Combinando ADN humano en sus experimentos genéticos obtendrán un nuevo escalón en el árbol evolutivo actual.

Mientras investigaban, un grupo de jóvenes genios se topó accidentalmente con un plan terrorista secreto para crear una máquina del tiempo para retroceder en el tiempo y cambiar la historia.

El científico Eddie Jessup (William Hurt) cree que hay otros estados de conciencia que son tan reales como la vida cotidiana. Utilizando la privación sensorial y añadiendo medicamentos potentes y alucinógenos, investiga estos estados alterados y soporta experiencias que hacen que la locura parezca una bendición.

Tras la desaparición de su padre, un científico, tres seres peculiares envían a la joven Meg, a su hermano Charles y a su amigo Calvin al espacio, para intentar encontrarlo. Adaptación de la novela de Madeleine L'Engle.

La película cuenta la historia de John Oldman, un profesor de universidad que asegura ser en realidad un hombre de Cro-Magnon de 14.000 años de edad que sobrevive hasta nuestros días. Toda la película está rodada en la misma casa y su porche, prueba de su bajo presupuesto y de su elaboración prácticamente artesanal. Se basa únicamente en la conversación de los personajes para mantener la trama, sin efectos especiales ni escenas de acción. Se trata de un discurso intelectual entre un supuesto hombre de las cavernas y sus actuales colegas de trabajo, en su despedida como docente universitario. En las horas que transcurren, las reacciones de sus amigos científicos son muy variadas y van surgiendo preguntas, cuestiones, revelaciones y reacciones de todo tipo.

En un futuro cercano, en La Tierra la perfección genética impera. Los seres inferiores, como Vincent Freeman, cuyo ADN es fruto de una relación natural y no de laboratorio, están condenados al fracaso. Pero Vincent quiere triunfar, y conseguirá esconder su verdadera condición para conseguir su objetivo más ansiado: ser piloto espacial.

Un padre divorciado trata de establecerse, impresionar a su hijo y encontrar su destino. Él se presenta para un trabajo como vigilante nocturno en el Museo Americano de Historia Natural de la ciudad de Nueva York y, posteriormente, descubre que los objetos expuestos, animados por un artefacto mágico de Egipto, vuelven a la vida durante la noche. Al principio le va muy mal tratando de mantener el orden y la calma en el museo, pero al final se vuelve muy buen amigo de todos y juntos ayudan a recuperar aquel artefacto mágico egipcio, ya que ha sido robado por los antiguos vigilantes del museo.

Tras esquivar la muerte, Major Kusanagi resucita como cíborg y encabeza un equipo de caza de ciberterroristas. Pero un pirata informático se reserva otros planes.

Principios del siglo 18. El cartógrafo Cartographer Jonathan Green emprende un viaje científico por Europa hacia el este. Luego de pasar por Transilvania y habiendo cruzado los Montes Cárpatos, se encuentra en una pequeña villa perdida en los bosques. Sólo las posibiliades y una pesada niebla podrían haberlo traído a este lugar maldito. La gente que vive en el lugar no se parece a ninguna que el viajante haya visto antes. Los habitantes, habiendo cavado una profunda fosa para defenderse del mundo exterior, comparten la ingenua creencia de que pueden salvarse del mal, sin llegar a entender que el mal ha hecho su nido en sus almas y que espera la oportunidad de esparcirse por el mundo.

Cuando una bella hembra resultante del cruce de un ser humano y un alienígena se escapa de un laboratorio de observación, el científico Javier Fich envía a un asesino del gobierno, a un psíquiatra, a una bióloga y a un antropólogo en su búsqueda. Mientras siguen su pista por Los Ángeles, el equipo descubre cuál es su plan; aparearse con hombres para producir crías que puedan destruir a la raza humana. Mientras su mortal reloj biológico avanza con rapidez, Fitch y su equipo se lanzan a una inquietante persecución de la que depende el destino de la humanidad.

Weaponology looks at the genealogy of Israel's Elite Commando Unit from the Israel Defense Forces which specialize in hostage rescue missions and pre-preemptive strikes against terrorists.

Nazis-the occult conspiracy is a documentary about how the Hitler and the Nazis made use of occultism to win the war, and to remind the Germans that they were the best humans on the planet, the master-race. There are better documentaries around, but this is a solid documentary. There are many rare pictures from Nazi-Germany to be seen here, and you get to learn more about the religious beliefs of Nazi-leaders like: Hitler, Goebbles, Göring, Hess and Himmler.

In 1970, a picture of a snow monkey bathing in a hot spring graced the cover of Life Magazine. Ever since, Japan's hot-tubbing primates have been protected and well fed for the enjoyment of tourists and photographers - they have become international superstars of the natural world. But while their unique lifestyle has brought fame, the rest of Japan's snow monkeys lead very different lives, enduring incredible hardships as they fight for survival in their beautiful but unforgiving mountain home.

Jonathan Scott narrates the extraordinary story of the leopard - the one big cat that still survives across half the world while tigers, cheetahs and lions are all struggling. By following the lives of leopard mothers and their cubs in East Africa the film investigates what it is about the natural history of these cats that makes them born survivors. Perhaps the most extraordinary revelation is that leopards are living undercover on farms and even in cities across Africa and Asia.

Was Adolf Hitler influenced and motivated by the occult? Through the years, historians have debated the mysterious connection between the occult, Hitler and the Nazi party, including some who maintain that Hitler killed others to keep his occult beliefs a secret. NGC examines how Hitler's involvement with the German Worker's Party brought him face-to-face with occultists who may have influenced his beliefs.

A credible investigation of possible connections between UFO sightings in the past half century and secret flying saucer technologies developed by the Nazis in WW2

Covering the domestic cat in great detail, The Ultimate Guide: House Cats is both informative and humourous. Illustrated in detail are how man and cats have become companions over the last 4,000 years and how the cat has never really been domesticated even though we think they’ve been. The familiar Ultimate Guide techniques are used to demonstrate why they can see in the dark, why they can jump so high and why they land on their feet. Also, explore a house with a 150 foot cat path that runs through the entire house, hanging from the ceiling.

Big Bucks, Big Pharma pulls back the curtain on the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry to expose the insidious ways that illness is used, manipulated, and in some instances created, for capital gain. Focusing on the industry's marketing practices, media scholars and health professionals help viewers understand the ways in which direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertising glamorizes and normalizes the use of prescription medication, and works in tandem with promotion to doctors. Combined, these industry practices shape how both patients and doctors understand and relate to disease and treatment. Ultimately, Big Bucks, Big Pharma challenges us to ask important questions about the consequences of relying on a for-profit industry for our health and well-being.

Aminatta Forna tells the story of legendary Timbuktu and its long hidden legacy of hundreds of thousands of ancient manuscripts. With its university founded around the same time as Oxford, Timbuktu is proof that the reading and writing of books have long been as important to Africans as to Europeans.

The Aryan Brotherhood is a secretive criminal gang that began inside California's maximum-security penitentiaries and expanded rapidly into dozens of state and federal prisons across the nation. Outwardly a white power group, its real interest is in controlling drug and extortion rackets. Now, Explorer unveils this underworld society and comes face-to-face with some of the gang's most infamous members, including a former Aryan Brotherhood leader who, by his own count, has killed 22 men.

En las montañas Chiricahua, al sur de Arizona, las hormigas de miel del desierto luchan ferozmente por la supervivencia y por mantener el dominio de esta pequeña porción de erial que conforma su mundo. Todo comienza durante las lluvias torrenciales en el desierto de Sonora, cuando una nueva reina surge, encuentra a un compañero y sale volando para fundar un nuevo imperio. Con el paso de las estaciones, a medida que se suceden los ataques de otras hormigas y de animales incluso más grandes, la reina y sus súbditos se hacen cada vez más fuertes. La gran prueba final, la que marca su supervivencia, se produce cuando se tropiezan con otra colonia de hormigas de la misma especie.

Conoce como esta droga peligrosa es capaz de deshacer vidas de jóvenes y adultos su nombre científico es (desoxiefedrina), es un potente psicoestimulante. Es un agente agonista adrenérgico sintético, estructuralmente relacionado con el alcaloide efedrina y con la hormona adrenalina.

Unlike other great civilizations such as the Romans and the Ancient Egyptians, the Mayan empire did not arise from the banks of a mighty river. Much of the Mayan world is in fact devoid of even the smallest river or lake. Then why did they populate Yucatan? The Maya believed that the freshwater pools, ‘cenotes’, dotted across the area were sacred portals to the underworld. They are indeed portals, but rather to an incredible underground labyrinthine systems of rivers. Only now being properly explored and understood, this secret world was created by nature in a unique chain of dramatic events. Underneath the jungle-clad Mayan temples of Yucatan lies a world even more mysterious, even more incredible than the Maya could have ever imagined. A whole food chain has been found in the cenotes deepest recesses — over 20 species that have never seen the light of day. Some of the underground caverns are not totally full of water… incredibly, they are home to thousands of bats.

As Brazil prepares to host the next World Cup, it's people are confronted with the growing problem of child prostitution. The country's relaxed attitude to buying sex has long attracted millions of tourists, particularly men. But now the world's oldest industry is recruiting the world's youngest workers. UNICEF estimates there are 250,000 children forced into prostitution across Brazil. In this shocking episode of Our World, Chris Rogers goes undercover, posing as one of the millions of so-called sex tourists who visit the South American country in search of cheap sex, often with children as young as seven years old.

In this fascinating documentary, historian Bettany Hughes travels to the seven wonders of the Buddhist world.Her journey begins at the Mahabodhi Temple in India, where Buddhism was born; here Hughes examines the foundations of the belief system - the three jewels.At Nepal's Boudhanath Stupa, she looks deeper into the concept of dharma - the teaching of Buddha, and at the Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka, Bettany explores karma, the idea that our intentional acts will be mirrored in the future.At Wat Pho Temple in Thailand, Hughes explores samsara, the endless cycle of birth and death that Buddhists seek to end by achieving enlightenment, before travelling to Angkor Wat in Cambodia to learn more about the practice of meditation.In Hong Kong, Hughes visits the Giant Buddha and looks more closely at Zen, before arriving at the final wonder, the Hsi Lai temple in Los Angeles, to discover more about the ultimate goal for all Buddhists - nirvana.

You'll learn how to strike safely and effectively, and how to defend against common chokes, headlocks, and other assaults. -- You'll also learn to deal with knife attacks, and you'll learn gun defenses that have been praised by civilians and law enforcement around the world. -- Instructional DVD's: Line of Fire, Basic Combatives, Self Defense, and On the Edge show you the techniques in dramatized true-to-life situations. -- To easily master the exercises you are then taken into the training studio to examine the techniques as they are explained and analyzed by Krav Maga's highest level instructors: U.S. Chief Instructor Darren Levine and International Krav Maga Federation Head Instructor Eyal Yanilov. * Krav Maga's battle-tested techniques emphasize simple, practical movements, based on the body's natural instincts that can be performed by people of all levels of ability.

Where do dogs in all their amazing diversity come from? Tradition says that thousands of years ago someone tamed a wolf pup, thus creating the first of our best friends. But many scientists disagree. On "Dogs and More Dogs," NOVA goes to the dogs—and to leading researchers—to find out the truth. Narrated by John Lithgow, the program ranges from a wolf research facility in rural Indiana to the Westminster Dog Show in New York's Madison Square Garden. NOVA makes a fascinating detour to the city dump in Tijuana, Mexico, where viewers get surprising insight into the origin and evolutionary strategy of our canine companions.

Ice is one of the strangest, most beguiling and mesmerising substances in the world. Full of contradictions, it is transparent yet it can glow with colour, it is powerful enough to shatter rock but it can melt in the blink of an eye. It takes many shapes, from the fleeting beauty of a snowflake to the multi-million tonne vastness of a glacier and the eeriness of the ice fountains of far-flung moons. Science writer Dr Gabrielle Walker has been obsessed with ice ever since she first set foot on Arctic sea ice. In this programme she searches out some of the secrets hidden deep within the ice crystal to try to discover how something so ephemeral has the power to sculpt landscapes, to preserve our past and inform our future.

Orange-and-black wings fill the sky as NOVA charts one of nature's most remarkable phenomena: the epic migration of monarch butterflies across North America. To capture a butterfly's point of view, NOVA’s filmmakers used a helicopter, ultralight, and hot-air balloon for aerial views along the transcontinental route. This wondrous annual migration, which scientists are just beginning to fathom, is an endangered phenomenon that could dwindle to insignificance if the giant firs that the butterflies cling to during the winter disappear.