The Secret Life of Your Bodyclock (2009)

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.

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?

Uma série de 3 documentários do Canal 4, apresentados pelo professor Richard Dawkins, conhecido darwinista. A série mistura segmentos sobre a vida e as descobertas de Charles Darwin, a teoria da seleção e evolução natural e as tentativas de Dawkins de convencer um grupo de estudantes de que a evolução explica o mundo que nos rodeia melhor do que qualquer religião. (e Livre - Estimado Livre) Parte 1 Vida, Darwin e Tudo Parte 2 O Quinto Macaco Parte 3 Deus Aceita a Aposta Parte 4 Extras: 3 Contos

Um feiticeiro africano conta, como quem conta uma fábula, a história da criação do mundo, do nascimento do universo e das estrelas, os inícios vulcânicos, a aparição dos primeiros sinais de vida, a conquista da terra. Fala do tempo, do nascimento, do amor e da morte. E os animais são os intérpretes desta gênese encantadora, moderna e intemporal.

Darwin desatou uma nova visão da natureza e a evolução das espécies, que abalou a harmonia da humanidade criada por Deus. Descubra este desafio contra as crenças tradicionais que foi uma luta pessoal para Darwin.

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.

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.

O ex-vice-presidente dos Estados Unidos Al Gore apresenta uma análise da questão do aquecimento global, mostrando os mitos e equívocos existentes em torno do tema e também possíveis saídas para que o planeta não passe por uma catástrofe climática nas próximas décadas.

Cinebiografia de Charles Darwin. O filme mostra a luta do naturalista inglês para encontrar um equilíbrio entre suas teorias revolucionárias e a relação com sua esposa religiosa, cuja fé contradiz o seu trabalho.

Um neurocientista e sua família sofrem um acidente de carro e só ele sobrevive. Inconformado, o homem começa uma luta incessante para trazê-los de volta por meio de um experimento que desafia as leis físicas da ciência.

Clive Nicoli (Adrien Brody) e Elsa Kast (Sarah Polley) ficaram famosos no meio científico pelas suas experiências na combinação do DNA de vários animais, gerando criaturas bizarras. Eles são apaixonados, tanto pelo trabalho que fazem quanto um pelo outro. Agora eles querem dar um passo adiante e combinar o DNA de animais com o de seres humanos, só que seus financiadores vetam a ideia. Eles seguem adiante com a iniciativa, em segredo. O resultado desta experiência é Dren (Delphine Chanéac), um ser cujo ciclo de vida extremamente rápido faz com que atinja a fase adulta em questão de meses. Clive e Elsa tentam manter Dren em segredo, mas logo a ligação entre eles deixa de ser meramente científica para se tornar pessoal.

Enquanto pesquisava, um grupo de jovens gênios acidentalmente se deparam com uma conspiração terrorista secreta para criar uma máquina do tempo para voltar no tempo e mudar a história.

Respeitado cientista e professor de psicologia Edward Jessup decide combinar suas experiências em tanques de privação sensorial, com poderosas drogas alucinógenas, convencido de que isto poderá ajudar a desbloquear diferentes estados de consciência. As experiências são um sucesso no início, mas quando Jessup continua seu trabalho começa a experimentar alteração do estado mental e também físico.

Os irmãos Meg (Storm Reid) e Charles (Deric McCabe) decidem reencontrar o pai, um cientista que trabalha para o governo e está desaparecido desde que se envolveu em um misterioso projeto. Eles contarão com a ajuda do colega Calvin (Levi Miller) e de três excêntricas mulheres em uma ousada jornada por diferentes lugares do universo.

A obra se concentra no misterioso comportamento de John Oldman (David Lee Smith), um professor acadêmico que a cada dez anos muda de contexto, deixando tudo para trás. Cansado de guardar esse misterioso segredo, antes de partir, convida seus colegas de academia para uma reunião em sua casa onde irá revelar pela primeira vez o que está por trás desse comportamento obscuro.

Num futuro no qual os seres humanos são criados geneticamente em laboratórios, as pessoas concebidas biologicamente são consideradas "inválidas". Vincent um "inválido", consegue um lugar de destaque em uma corporação, escondendo sua verdadeira origem. Mas um misterioso caso de assassinato pode expor seu passado.

Ben Stiller interpreta o novo guarda noturno no Museu de História Natural que descobre que quando os visitantes vão embora, começa a verdadeira aventura com as exposições a ganharem vida.

O ano é 2029. Num mundo dominado pelos computadores e pela tecnologia cibernética, a complexa rede de informação possibilita o desenvolvimento de um novo tipo de criminalidade. Motoko Kusanagi, conhecida como Major, é uma agente especial ciborgue com a força e habilidade de uma máquina, responsável por comandar a Section 9, um esquadrão de elite especializado em combater todos os tipos de crimes cibernéticos. Mas quando Major se depara com uma nova forma de terrorismo que ameaça controlar as mentes humanas, vê-se a colocar em causa a sua própria existência...

Jonathan Green, um cartógrafo inglês, se aventura em uma viagem para mapear as terras desconhecidas da Transilvânia, a fim de descobrir os segredos obscuros escondidos lá e as criaturas perigosas de uma floresta amaldiçoada e fantástica da Ucrânia.

Cientistas usam um código genético alienígena para criar uma menina que parece comum. Eles têm ordens para matar a criança --uma mistura de humano e alien-- após o nascimento, mas ela cresce depressa, consegue escapar e agora quer se reproduzir.

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.

David Attenborough is in the Swiss Jura Mountains to discover the secrets of a giant. Beneath his feet lies a vast network of tunnels and chambers, home to a huge empire of ants. It is believed to be one of the largest animal societies in the world, where over a billion ants from rival colonies live in peace.

Methamphetamine is one of the hardest drugs to quit. Its abuse is ravaging rural communities and cities alike. NGC correspondent Lisa Ling goes inside this global epidemic to find out what makes meth so addictive and destructive.

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.

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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.