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.
How did your body become the complicated, quirky, amazing machine it is today? Anatomist Neil Shubin uncovers the answers in this 3-part science series that looks at human evolution. Using fossils, embryos and genes, he reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish, reptiles and primates — the ancestors you never knew were in your family tree.
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.
Darwin's great insight – that life has evolved over millions of years by natural selection – has been the cornerstone of all David Attenborough’s natural history series. In this documentary, he takes us on a deeply personal journey which reflects his own life and the way he came to understand Darwin’s theory.
Documentary telling the little-known story of how Darwin came to write his great masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, a book which explains the wonderful variety of the natural world as emerging out of death and the struggle of life. In the twenty years he took to develop a brilliant idea into a revolutionary book, Darwin went through a personal struggle every bit as turbulent as that of the natural world he observed. Fortunately, he left us an extraordinary record of his brilliant insights, observations of nature, and touching expressions of love and affection for those around him. He also wrote frank accounts of family tragedies, physical illnesses and moments of self-doubt, as he laboured towards publication of the book that would change the way we see the world. The story is told with the benefit of Darwin's secret notes and correspondence, enhanced by natural history filming, powerful imagery from the time and contributions from leading contemporary biographers and scientists.
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?
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.
Geologist Ian Stewart explain in three stages of natural history the crucial interaction of our very planet's physiology and its unique wildlife. Biological evolution is largely driven bu adaptation to conditions such as climate, soil and irrigation, but biotopes were also shaped by wildlife changing earth's surface and climate significantly, even disregarding human activity.
アル・ゴア元米副大統領が環境問題を提起するドキュメンタリー映画。彼のスライド講演を中心に、地球崩壊の危機を訴える。監督は、『24 TWENTY FOUR』や『ER 緊急救命室』を手がけたデイヴィス・グッゲンハイム。
A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to finish his legendary book "On the Origin of the Species," which goes on to become the foundation for evolutionary biology.
人間を凶暴な捕食者に変異させる新型狂犬病によって、世界は崩壊。生存者たちは、感染者（＝インフェクテッド）の襲撃を逃れるため、軍により保護された核貯蔵の地下施設で生活していた。感染者と意思疎通ができる特殊な能力を持つモーガンとローズ博士が率いる研究チームは、感染者“第1号”を見つけ、元の人間に戻す治療法を探る。必死の研究に挑む彼らだが、軍が捕獲した感染者の体内に発信機が仕掛けられていたことで、突如インフェクテッドの大群が地下施設へと雪崩れ込んできて...。
人間の意識をコンピューターに移行させる実験を続け、成功目前まで近づいた神経科学者のウィリアム・フォスター(キアヌ・リーヴス)は、事故で家族を失ってしまう。深い悲しみの中、彼は家族のクローンを作り出し、そのなかに彼らの意識と改ざんした記憶を移し替える。そして今までと変わりない生活を送ろうとするが、実験の動向をチェックしていた政府の組織がサンプルとして家族を奪おうと画策していた。
現代のロンドン。12歳の少年クインは、母が働く地下鉄工事現場に立ち寄った時、そこで永い眠りから覚めた巨大竜“サラマンダー”の姿を目撃する。その後、驚異的な早さで世界中に繁殖したサラマンダーは、人間を喰らい、炎を吐いて何もかも焼き尽くし、人類を滅亡の危機に陥れる。わずかに生き残った人々は都市を捨て荒野に要塞を築き身を潜めて暮らすしかなかった。あれから20年、要塞で仲間と共に飢えと恐怖に苦しむ日々を過ごしていたクインのもとに、ヴァンザン率いるアメリカの義勇軍が現われ、一緒にサラマンダーと対決するよう迫るのだが…。
A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.
When a billionaire gives a group of young scientists unlimited resources to study the science of matter transfer, the scientists unlock the secrets of time travel. But they soon find out that the project is backed by a militant extremist group, and the billionaire plans to go back in time and prove that Jesus never rose from the dead.
鬼才ケン・ラッセルが人類進化の謎に迫ったSFスリラー。人間の肉体が変化していく特殊メイクアップが話題を呼んだ。細胞に眠る人類進化の起源を探ろうと、タンクに浸かりドラッグを試みる学者。実験は成功し、彼は太古のイメージを見るのだが、その効果は精神だけでなく肉体にも影響を及ぼし始めていた……。
非常に人気があり魅力的であるが、悪い10代の少女が、ある日、男の体内で目を覚ます。 何が起こったのか、以前の状態にどのように戻るのかを発見しようとすると、彼女はそれまでに他人にどれほど残酷で悪かを感じました。
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he never ages and has walked the earth for 14,000 years.
スタンリー・キューブリックがA・C・クラークのアイディアを基に製作したSF映画の金字塔。
月に人が住むようになった時代。月のティコクレーターの地中からの謎の石碑「モノリス」が発掘され、合衆国宇宙評議会のフロイド博士が調査に向かう。それから18カ月後、最新型人工知能「HAL 9000型コンピュータ」を搭載した宇宙船ディスカバリー号は、デビッド・ボウマン船長、フランク・プールら5人のクルーを乗せて木星探査に向けて航行していた。しかし、その途上でHALが探査計画に対して疑問を抱いていることを打ち明ける。ボウマンとプールはHALの不調を疑い、いざというときはHALの回路を切断することを決めるが、それを知ったHALは反乱を起こす。
