title: Curious Minds: Future Medicine

title: The History Of Telemedicine

overview: Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, takes a look at the field of telemedicine, and the technology impacting health care worldwide.

title: The History Of Telemedicine

title: What Is The Next Big Step in Medicine?

overview: Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, describes the technological advancements in energy and big data, and their role on the future of medicine.

title: What Is The Next Big Step in Medicine?

title: How Will Energy Revolutionize Health Care?

overview: Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, shares some of the innovative ways energy-focused technologies are reinventing the health care system.

title: How Has Surgery Progressed In The Last Centuries?

overview: Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, describes the journey from the early days of medical surgery, to the current goal of non-invasive surgery. How close are we to achieving that dream?

title: How Has Technology Shaped Personalized Medicine?

overview: Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, details some of the incredible technological  breakthroughs that are redefining medicine.

title: Will Robotics And Telemedicine Eliminate Surgeons?

overview: Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, looks at the role that physicians will play in medicine as technological advancements produce more "smart" tools.

title: Has Health Care Become Too Reliant On Technology?

overview: Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, examines the correlation between emerging medical technology, and the skillsets being taught to new health care professionals.

title: Should Patients Be Less Reliant On Physicians?

overview: Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, examines medicine's changing role in our society and our reliance on doctors.

title: The Future Of Battlefield Medicine

overview: Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, assesses the necessary changes and developments that must take place to increase the success of battlefield medicine.

title: The Future Of Battlefield Medicine

title: The Future Of Prosthetics

overview: Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, glimpses into the future development and production of artificial limbs and organs.

title: The Future Of Prosthetics

title: What Excites You About Biologically Inspired Technology?

overview: Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, explains the role nature plays in the development of medical technology and practices.

title: The Ethics Of Biologically Inspired Technology

overview: Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, explores the ethical issues that arise with the use of bio-technology for extending the human lifespan.

overview: Technology is changing the landscape of possibilities for medical care and personalized health care for both doctors and patients.

title: Curious Minds: Future Medicine

original_title: Curious Minds: Future Medicine


title: Curious Minds: Social Networking

type: Backdrop

type: Poster

status: ReturningSeries

Season 1

title: Did You Foresee the Growth of Social Networks?

overview: Vint Cerf, one of the "fathers of the Internet," reacts to the rise of social networking.

title: Did AOL Invent Social Media?

overview: Ted Leonsis, entrepreneur and former senior executive at AOL, discusses the early start of social networking through AOL's instant messaging.

title: Did AOL Invent Social Media?

title: Grooming Our Network

overview: How did social networking surpass traditional media to set the news agenda of the day?  Lee Rainie, Director of Internet Science and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center, finds answers in the way chimps and humans build communities.

title: Grooming Our Network

title: The Rise & Fall Of The Web

overview: Lee Rainie, Director of Internet Science and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center, marvels at how the web has inspired so many people to tell their stories -- and how that newfound freedom is jeopardized by government censorship.

title: The Rise & Fall Of The Web

title: The Internet Of Things

overview: Lee Rainie, Director of Internet Science and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center, envisions the world of the near future, where omnipresent sensors and vast networks of machine to machine communication influence every aspect of our lives.

title: The Internet Of Things

overview: How did Social Networking originate?  How is it changing our lives?

title: Curious Minds: Social Networking

original_title: Curious Minds: Social Networking

original_language: en


title: Curious Minds: Psychology

title: The Roots of Friendship

overview: Fathali Moghaddam, Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University, examines the behaviors that unite --  and divide -- friends and couples.

title: The Roots of Friendship

title: People Are All Alike/Different

overview: Do you believe that you are essentially the same or different from people in other racial and ethnic groups?  According to Fathali Moghaddam, Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University, your answer to that question will have a profound effect on your life.

title: People Are All Alike/Different

title: When Women Lead

overview: Fathali Moghaddam, Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University, sees the rise of women leaders as the key to building peaceful societies.

title: When Women Lead

title: Future Dictators

overview: Fathali Moghaddam, Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University, believes there are dictatorial personalities all around us, driven by a fierce desire to seize power.

title: Future Dictators

overview: Experts explore the intricacies of personality and the human psyche.

title: Curious Minds: Psychology

original_title: Curious Minds: Psychology


title: Curious Minds: Quantum Computing

title: How Do You Visualize An Atom?

overview: Chris Monroe, a quantum physicist at the University of Maryland, explains how his understanding of an atom has evolved.

title: How Do You Visualize An Atom?

title: Quantum Entanglement

overview: Chris Monroe, a quantum physicist at the University of Maryland, looks at the currency of quantum computing, described by Albert Einstein as, "spooky action at a distance."

title: Quantum Entanglement

title: What Is Quantum Computing?

overview: Chris Monroe, a quantum physicist at the University of Maryland, describes the function and inner-workings of quantum computers.

title: What Is Quantum Computing?

title: Properties Of A Qubit

overview: Chris Monroe, a quantum physicist at the University of Maryland, shares the characteristics of a quantum bit, the unit of information used in quantum computing.

title: Properties Of A Qubit

title: Quantum Superposition

overview: Chris Monroe, a quantum physicist at the University of Maryland, breaks down the principle of superposition, explaining the behavior of states in a quantum system.

title: Quantum Superposition

title: The Ability To Teleport Information

overview: Chris Monroe, a quantum physicist at the University of Maryland, provides insight into the possibility of being able to teleport matter.

title: The Ability To Teleport Information

title: Quantum Physics And The Big Bang

overview: Chris Monroe, a quantum physicist at the University of Maryland, explains the role of quantum physics within the birth of our universe, the Big Bang.

title: Quantum Physics And The Big Bang

overview: What's a qubit?  How do you visualize an atom?  Welcome to the new world of quantum computing!

title: Curious Minds: Quantum Computing

original_title: Curious Minds: Quantum Computing


title: Destination Mars

title: Part 1: The Mission

overview: The United States and China are considering launching manned missions to Mars -- in 25 years.  But Netherlands-based Mars One has a bold plan to land humans on Mars in 2027.  Is the mission fueled by wishful thinking and unproven science -- or will private exploration get us there?

title: Part 1: The Mission

title: Part 2: The Astronauts

overview: When Mars One invited citizens to journey to Mars, 200,000 people applied.  The final 100 include a military jet pilot, an ER doctor,  and an IT consultant --  all willing to leave their loved ones forever.  They share a common dream -- and a willingness to endure  almost unimaginable  isolation.

title: Part 2: The Astronauts

title: Part 3: The Journey

overview: The trek from earth to Mars is fraught with difficulties, from surviving radiation en route to landing in a space craft not yet designed.  Mars One founder Bas Lansdorp attends the Mars Society Convention in Washington, DC, to debate the risks and rewards with scientists from around the world.

title: Part 3: The Journey

title: Part 4:  Surviving On Mars

overview: From a greenhouse in Holland to a desert landscape in Iceland, scientists are using the earth to tests ways to keep a Mars settlement alive and well.  It’s the ultimate survival challenge, requiring major innovations to find water, grow food and clean the air.

title: Part 4:  Surviving On Mars

title: Part 5: Why One Way?

overview: Mars One plans one-way missions to Mars; the goal is not simply to explore, but to colonize the red planet.  A one-way trip saves billions and eliminates the risk of a return voyage. But can the crew survive in such utter isolation?  Some candidates for the mission reflect on this challenge.

title: Part 5: Why One Way?

overview: How will humans take the next step into outer space - traveling to Mars not to visit, but to stay?

title: Destination Mars

title: Destino Marte

overview: En términos cósmicos, Marte está a un paso junto a nosotros en la galaxia. Sin embargo hasta ahora es solamente un sueño una misión con tripulación a ese planeta. Este programa explora las posibilidades de llevar a cabo una misión de este tipo con la tecnología de hoy en día y nos muestra diferentes maneras sobre cómo podríamos subsistir en un planeta tan inhóspito. Para simular el tan esperado viaje pionero se realizan entrevistas con personal de la NASA, y se presentan secuencias filmadas de archivo y de animación.

original_title: Destination Mars


title: Curious Minds: Animals

title: Sexual Selection

overview: Gerry Wilkinson, Professor of Biology at the University of Maryland, explains why males and females behave the way they do across the animal kingdom when they select their mates.

title: Sexual Selection

title: Blood Bonds Of Vampire Bats

overview: Gerry Wilkinson, biologist, discusses the social bonds and behaviors of Vampire Bats, and how other animals have similar behaviors that help preserve their colonies or communities.

title: Blood Bonds Of Vampire Bats

title: Building A More Humane Economy

overview: Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, explains how we can strengthen our culture and economy by fighting harder for animal rights.

title: Building A More Humane Economy

title: The Trouble With Factory Farming

overview: Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, explores the origins and troubling impacts of industrial animal farms.

title: The Trouble With Factory Farming

title: What's All The Fuss About Antibiotics?

overview: Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, explains why there is such intense debate about the use of antibiotics in animal agriculture.

title: What's All The Fuss About Antibiotics?

title: Eat Your Way To A Healthier Planet

overview: Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, reveals how reducing meat consumption could be one of the biggest steps you take to save the planet.

title: Eat Your Way To A Healthier Planet

title: The Role Of The Humane Society

overview: Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, explains the Society's underlying mission of compassion for all living things.

title: The Role Of The Humane Society

title: What Inspired You About Animal Rights?

overview: Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, reveals the powerful factors that drove him to take a stand for animal rights.

title: What Inspired You About Animal Rights?

title: What Are The Humane Society's Biggest Challenges?

overview: Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, reveals the two most important issues the Society is confronting in its fight for animal rights.

title: The Government's Role In Protecting Animals

overview: Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, discusses the steps government officials can take to stop animal cruelty.

title: Is The Humane Society Against Hunting?

overview: Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, explains the Society's stance that all forms of hunting are not created equal.

title: Is The Humane Society Against Hunting?

title: Does The Humane Society Support Zoos?

overview: Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, reveals the shocking mistreatment animals receive in some zoos.

title: Does The Humane Society Support Zoos?

title: The Trouble With Chimps In Show Biz

overview: Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, reveals the dark story behind of some of the exotic animal trade's hottest young stars.

title: The Trouble With Chimps In Show Biz

overview: From animal behavior to animal rights, delve into the world we share with our fellow creatures and our interactions with them.

title: Curious Minds: Animals

original_title: Curious Minds: Animals


title: Curious Minds:  Shakespeare

title: Dost Thou Tweet?

overview: Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, describes how a love of clever language unites Shakespeare's audiences with Twitter users.

title: Dost Thou Tweet?

title: In The Vault With Will

overview: Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, describes how the world's largest collection of Shakespeare materials lies protected in a bank like vault.

title: In The Vault With Will

title: Shakespeare's Creativity

overview: Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, regards Shakespeare's genius as a deep and abiding mystery.

title: Shakespeare's Creativity

title: Shakespeare's Media Wave

overview: Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, sees a parallel between modern media and the emergence of public theatre in Shakespeare's time.

title: Shakespeare's Media Wave

title: The Thief Of Stratford

overview: Shakespeare worked with and borrowed from other writers, submits Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library.

title: The Thief Of Stratford

title: The Two Faces Of Will

overview: Shakespeare dared to appeal to audiences both common and elite, says Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library.

title: The Two Faces Of Will

title: Whores... Or Shakespeare?

overview: Shakespeare's plays were among the many amusements available to Londoners in 1600, explains Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library.

title: Whores... Or Shakespeare?

title: You Are Hamlet

overview: For Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Shakespeare's characters embody the mystery of human behavior.

title: You Are Hamlet

title: You Are Quoting From This Book

overview: Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, explains how the first folio of 1623 "gave the world Shakespeare."

title: You Are Quoting From This Book

overview: How can you explain Shakespeare's genius?  How do you account for the lasting influence of his works 500 years later?

title: Curious Minds:  Shakespeare

original_title: Curious Minds:  Shakespeare


title: The Time Traveller's Guide To Elizabethan England

title: Part 1: The Common People

overview: Travel back in time to the dirt, drama and glamour of Elizabethan England:  abandon your 21st century perspective and imagine what it was really like to live hundreds of years ago. Plunge back 500 years in time and learn to think and behave like an Elizabethan, in case that time machine arrives.

title: Part 1: The Common People

title: Part 2: The Rich

title: Part 2: The Rich

title: Part 3: Brave New World

title: Part 3: Brave New World

overview: Travel back in time to the dirt, drama and glamour of Elizabethan England.  Would you be successful in the world of 16th Century Britain?

character: Self - Presenter

type: Cast


title: Curiosity Retreats 2015 Lectures

title: Chasing Quantum Realities

overview: What does quantum mechanics tell us about our world -- or are there many worlds due to probability waves?  How does the general theory of relativity mesh with quantum mechanics?  If you've wished you understood quantum mechanics (or at least grasped the basics) physicist Brian Greene can help!

title: Chasing Quantum Realities

title: Our Declaration

overview: You may think you know who wrote the Declaration of Independence and what it says -- but do you really?  Political theorist Danielle Allen looks at the document's origin and originators to give us a picture of the men and the moment in time that shaped the United States of today.

title: Our Declaration

title: The Art Of Discovery

overview: It is hard to imagine a sky without an airplane in it.  But David McCullough takes us back to the first days of aviation.  We learn about the Wright Brothers, not only through their achievements, but by discovering who they were as people and the early family influences that shaped their characters.

title: The Art Of Discovery

title: Digital Transcendence

overview: Jason Silva is a positive futurist who wants us to be excited about "the adjacent possible" and the ways we need to embrace the coming technological changes -- the "tools" that will change us as a people and alter humankind.

title: Digital Transcendence

title: Conscious Capitalism

overview: How has Capitalism affected the world?  Raj Sisodia, economic analyst,  takes us back to pre-Industrial Revolution to show how our standard of living has improved.  But now , he feels, it is time for another kind of capitalism - conscious capitalism - based on a value system deeper than profits.

title: Conscious Capitalism

title: The Creator Economy

overview: Paul Saffo looks at the development of the US economy through the 20th and into the 21st century.  What are the trends that have shaped the economy? How are innovations in technology and communications making the 21st century an entirely different landscape for producers and consumers?

title: The Creator Economy

title: The Creative Brain

overview: How does the creative brain work?  Nancy Andreasen, neuroscientist and neuropsychiatrist,  has spent her life studying the relationship between brain function, mental illnesses and the emergence and continuance of creativity.

title: The Creative Brain

title: The Human Face Of Big Data

overview: In the 21st century devices create more data than humans do.  Rick Smolan, author of The Human Face of Big Data, shows the positive force of the collection of data in worldwide examples of the uses of medical data, personal data and business data to enrich people's lives.

title: The Human Face Of Big Data

title: Wonders Of The Ocean

overview: Sylvia Earle, marine biologist and author, discusses the need to preserve and protect the amazing global eco-system of the oceans.

title: Wonders Of The Ocean

overview: Top thinkers and scientists speak to today's global concerns.

title: Curiosity Retreats 2015 Lectures

original_title: Curiosity Retreats 2015 Lectures


title: Science Shorts

title: Searching For Meteors

overview: Nick Moskovitz takes us inside the observation cameras set up for tracking meteors falling through the Earth's atmosphere, and talks about the challenges of recovering the meteorite after it lands.

title: Searching For Meteors

title: Artificial Retina

overview: New developments in nanotechnology may mean that the complex function of the retina in the eye could be at least partially replicated for those with severe retinal degeneration.

title: Artificial Retina

title: The Truth About Babies

overview: A worldwide study sponsored by the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, England, finds that some basic assumptions about the development of babies in the womb have been incorrect.

title: The Truth About Babies

title: Seeking Sappho

overview: Recently,  fragments of papyrus have been  matched to other, older discovered fragments and the result is newly reconstructed poems from the pen of the lyric poet of the ancient world, Sappho.  How do professors match the text pieces to others of ancient and faded manuscripts to uncover the poetry?

title: Seeking Sappho

title: The Twin Recipe

overview: How "identical" are identical twins?  Well, even when living in different social environments, identical twins tend to weigh the same. What role does genetics play and when do they trump non-genetic factors?

title: The Twin Recipe

title: Therapies Against Dementia

overview: Alzheimer's Disease and dementia are two of the biggest threats associated with maintaining a good quality of life as people age. This short program explores different ways that could help improve brain health and hold deterioration at bay.

title: Therapies Against Dementia

title: The Age Of Cyborgs

overview: Smartphones and computers are now integral parts of our everyday world. With the rapid rate of technological development, are our helpful devices the first step to a world of cyborgs in the future?

title: The Age Of Cyborgs

title: Losing Weight

overview: How does the human body gain and lose weight?  The individual basal metabolic rate determines how the human body deals with calories from food.  What role does genetics play, and can exercise make a difference?

title: Losing Weight

title: Digital Privacy

overview: Data privacy is more important than ever. Our web activities can have unintended, in some cases, dire, consequences. What can we do to maintain our digital privacy?

title: Digital Privacy

title: Nuclear Waste, Our Lasting Legacy

overview: Our dependence on nuclear energy has left behind an abundance of long lasting atomic energy waste. How will this deadly substance impact future generations, and what can we do to help our descendants with this problem?

title: Nuclear Waste, Our Lasting Legacy

title: Bad Teeth, Bad Heart

overview: Everybody knows that brushing your teeth is important, but did you know that oral hygiene can be a matter of life or death?  There is proof that bad teeth can increase the risk of heart disease.

title: Bad Teeth, Bad Heart

title: Dating 2.0

overview: Big Data is revolutionizing businesses of all kinds. Based on information held by a dating agency, we show what insights we can draw from Big Data. You might be surprised!

title: Dating 2.0

title: Delicate Distinctions

overview: There are many different types of vegetarians, and they are as varied as the many reasons why people adopt the lifestyle.

title: Delicate Distinctions

title: Height in the Middle Ages

overview: Not too likely you could fit into a suit of armor from the Middle Ages.  People in medieval times were much smaller than we are today. Researchers have analyzed archeological findings to measure the difference and explain why we are so much bigger in the 21st century.

title: Height in the Middle Ages

title: A History Of Vegetarianism

overview: Vegetarianism is a widely accepted lifestyle option in today's society. But it is nothing new, it has a long history in western civilization.

title: A History Of Vegetarianism

title: Our Digital Fingerprint

overview: Are you aware of how much personal data is floating around the web?  Some companies actually target advertising based on our digital fingerprint. Where are you leaving yours?

title: Our Digital Fingerprint

title: Sensitive Technology

overview: Building an artificial hand is an engineering and technological coup. Dr. Stefan Schulz has created the smallest and most flexible hand ever made, it even has sensory feedback for the wearer.

title: Sensitive Technology

title: Time Management

overview: Do you think you waste time?  Or just don't do enough with the time you have?  What's the best way to use time efficiently?  Time management methods can vary based on your personality traits.

title: Time Management

title: Where Does Time Go?

overview: Technology can help us save time, but with all the modern technology saving us time, why is it we sometimes feel as if though there is none left?

title: Where Does Time Go?

title: Myths About Calories

overview: Is it true that "light" products can help you lose weight?  Does how fast you eat impact weight gain?  Learn the truths -- and myths -- about weight loss.

title: Myths About Calories

title: Sand Castle

overview: The Burj Khalifa is the tallest manmade structure in the world. It's also home to a whole lot of sand…

title: Sand Castle

title: A Sense Of Taste

overview: Children have a lot more taste buds than adults, and girls have a more distinct sense of taste than boys.  But as we get older, tastes change...so what happens to our taste buds as we age?

title: A Sense Of Taste

title: Medieval Image: The Earth Was Not Flat

overview: Did medieval scholars and dignitaries know that the earth was round?  Perhaps our understanding of medieval reasoning might not be as accurate as we think.

title: Medieval Image: The Earth Was Not Flat

title: The Love Hormone

overview: Oxytocin has been studied since the 1990s, and researchers have understood the hormone to be responsible for human intimate relationships. But how exactly does it affect the body and mind?

title: The Love Hormone

overview: Take a few minutes to learn more about subjects ranging from genetics to cyborgs with these informative pieces.

title: Science Shorts

original_title: Science Shorts


title: Cities Of Tomorrow

title: Vertical Farms

overview: In 50 years from now, cities will be home to 70% of all human beings. They will have seven billion mouths to feed and will face an immense challenge in terms of food supply.  Are hydroponics and vertical farming going to solve this challenge?

title: Vertical Farms

title: Smart Cities

overview: Megalopolises are spreading out and becoming denser -- and there is nowhere left to park. Luckily, the technology is there to deal with this growing chaos. Technological urbanism promises hyper-rational cities that are 100% sustainable and perfectly safe. They are known as smart cities.

title: Smart Cities

title: New Cities

overview: In South Korea, China and Saudi Arabia, in Abu Dhabi and in Russia, a new kind of city is now under construction. These are prototypes of green, hyper-connected cities that are stuffed with digital technology and ecological equipment.

title: New Cities

overview: By 2050, 70% of all humans will live in cities.  How will we deal with this urban explosion and the colossal problems it will generate?

title: Cities Of Tomorrow

original_title: Cities Of Tomorrow


title: Curious Minds: Understanding Memory

title: Where Are Memories Stored?

overview: Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. Rudy Tanzi, co-authors of Super Brain, attempt to explain how memories are created and stored.

title: Where Are Memories Stored?

title: Will We Ever Upload Our Memories?

overview: Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. Rudy Tanzi, co-authors of Super Brain, explore whether emergent technology will ever be able to record and play back memories. What will that mean for mankind?

title: Will We Ever Upload Our Memories?

overview: How are memories are created and stored in the brain?  Can we access "hidden" memories?

title: Curious Minds: Understanding Memory

original_title: Curious Minds: Understanding Memory


title: Curious Minds: The Universe

title: Do We Have An Alternate Self In Another Universe?

overview: Lisa Randall, theoretical physicist and leading particle and cosmology expert, separates fact from fiction when it comes to the possible existence of multiple universes.

title: Physics And Daily Life

overview: Lisa Randall, theoretical physicist and leading particle physics and cosmology expert, puts the role of humans into perspective vis a vis the entire universe.

title: Physics And Daily Life

title: Supersymmetry

overview: Lisa Randall, theoretical physicist and leading particle and cosmology expert, dissects the supersymmetry theory and its role in understanding the "hierarchy" problem in particle physics.

title: Supersymmetry

title: The Fundamental Questions Of Particle Physics

overview: Lisa Randall, theoretical physicist and leading particle and cosmology expert, outlines the most important questions confronting physics today.

title: What Are The Basic Properties Of Gravity?

overview: Lisa Randall, theoretical physicist and leading particle and cosmology expert, looks at some of the theories surrounding gravity, including the Randall-Sundrum Model which she co-authored.

title: What Did The Big Bang Look Like?

overview: Lisa Randall, theoretical physicist and leading particle and cosmology expert, looks at the process that may have created the universe as we know it.

title: What Did The Big Bang Look Like?

title: What Does Dark Matter Do?

overview: Lisa Randall, theoretical physicist and leading particle and cosmology expert, highlights the importance of dark matter and speculates on its role in the universe.

title: What Does Dark Matter Do?

title: What Is Dark Matter?

overview: Lisa Randall, theoretical physicist and leading particle and cosmology expert, explores one of physics' greatest mysteries,  dark matter.

title: What Is Dark Matter?

overview: Dark matter, particle physics and supersymmetry make our universe a fascinating and complex challenge to understand.

title: Curious Minds: The Universe

original_title: Curious Minds: The Universe


title: Curious Minds: Anthropology

title: How Did Humans Migrate To The Americas?

overview: The different methods used by mankind to  arrive to North America are examined by Zebulon Miracle, Curator of Anthropology at Museum of Western Colorado.

title: How Did Humans Migrate To The Americas?

title: Is Our Understanding Of The Past Accurate?

overview: How much do we actually know about the civilizations that came before us? Curator of Anthropology at Museum of Western Colorado, Zebulon Miracle, shares his thoughts on the matter.

title: Why Did Ancient Cultures Study The Skies?

overview: Zebulon Miracle, Curator of Anthropology at the Museum of Western Colorado, shares the importance of the sky and constellations to the survival of ancient civilizations.

title: Ethnobotany And The Utes

overview: Zebulon Miracle, Curator of Anthropology at the Museum of Western Colorado, studies the relationship between the Ute tribe and the flora of their region. Many important cultural characteristics can be gleamed when looking at the connection between the two.

title: Ethnobotany And The Utes

title: What's The Difference Between Archaeology, History, And Paleontology?

overview: Zebulon Miracle, Curator of Anthropology at the Museum of Western Colorado, describes the different manner in which history can be examined.

title: Calamity Camp

overview: Zebulon Miracle, Curator of Anthropology at the Museum of Western Colorado, takes us on a trip to Calamity Camp, one of the first mining settlements in Colorado.

title: Calamity Camp

title: The Role Of Museums

overview: Zebulon Miracle, Curator of Anthropology at the Museum of Western Colorado, examines the role of museums as vaults of human history.

title: The Role Of Museums

title: What Do We Know About Rock Art?

overview: Zebulon Miracle, Curator of Anthropology at the Museum of Western Colorado, shares the most current knowledge about one of the earliest forms of communication.

title: What Do We Know About Rock Art?

title: What Is The American Southwest?

overview: Zebulon Miracle, Curator of Anthropology at the Museum of Western Colorado, examines the unique characteristics that shape and define the American Southwest.

title: What Is The American Southwest?

overview: Experts on various anthropological projects discuss their findings and what it means to be an anthropologist.

title: Curious Minds: Anthropology

original_title: Curious Minds: Anthropology


title: Curious Minds: Robotics

title: What Is A Robot?

overview: S.K. Gupta, Director, Maryland Robotics Center, defines several characteristics that make a machine a "robot".

title: What Is A Robot?

title: A Brief History of Robotics

overview: S.K. Gupta, Director, Maryland Robotics Center, reviews the transformation of machines into robots as machines were introduced into manufacturing assembly lines.

title: A Brief History of Robotics

title: What Is Artificial Intelligence?

overview: S.K. Gupta, Director, Maryland Robotics Center, gives us some insight on the steps a robot's intelligence takes to come to decisions and actions.

title: What Is Artificial Intelligence?

title: What About Driverless Cars?

overview: S.K. Gupta, Director, Maryland Robotics Center, gives his perspective on the challenges facing implementation of driverless vehicles--one of which might just be humans!

title: What About Driverless Cars?

title: Nature And Bio-Inspired Robotics

overview: S.K. Gupta, Director, Maryland Robotics Center, discusses why nature is such a great source of inspiration for robotic functions.

title: Nature And Bio-Inspired Robotics

title: Do Robots Make For Better Surgery?

overview: S.K. Gupta, Director, Maryland Robotics Center, explains the advantages of having a robot as your surgeon.

title: Do Robots Make For Better Surgery?

overview: Robots now take an active role in disaster clean-ups, space exploration, medical procedures and more.  How will A. I. change our future?

title: Curious Minds: Robotics

original_title: Curious Minds: Robotics


title: Casey's Wild Backyard

title: Mountain Lion

overview: Casey Anderson, wildlife photographer,  encounters a mountain lioness on his ranch and discovers she has several young mouths to feed.

title: Mountain Lion

title: Snakes

overview: Casey Anderson, wildlife photographer, finds a nest of wintering rattlesnakes and we learn how they survive in the harsh land of the Wyoming prairie.

title: Snakes

title: Bison

overview: Casey Anderson, wildlife behavior expert and photographer, takes us up close to the magnificent bison.  We walk the bison trail with one of the herds that is making a comeback in Yellowstone.

title: Bison

title: Grizzly

overview: Casey Anderson, wildlife behavior expert and photographer, tracks a male grizzly bear who is making his first forays into the Yellowstone Spring after a Winter hibernation.

title: Grizzly

overview: Wildlife expert and photographer, Casey Anderson, introduces us to some amazing wildlife in Yellowstone!

title: Casey's Wild Backyard

original_title: Casey's Wild Backyard


title: Curious Minds: David McCullough

title: Birth Of A Storyteller

overview: Pulitzer prize-winning historian David McCullough describes how a love of childhood books, a fascination with the paintings of N.C. Wyeth, and a lively Scots-Irish family inspired his storytelling gifts.

title: Birth Of A Storyteller

title: The Men Who Made America

overview: There was no guarantee that the American Revolution would succeed, recounts Pulitzer prize-winning historian David McCullough, and Americans of today should give thanks to the extraordinary ancestors who changed the course of history.

title: The Men Who Made America

title: Truman:  The Accidental President

overview: At every stage of Harry Truman's life, explains Pulitzer prize-winning historian David McCullough , the man from Missouri was faced with challenges that seemed beyond his capabilities.

title: Truman:  The Accidental President

title: The Writer's Life

overview: Pulitzer prize-winning historian David McCullough loves the detective hunt of uncovering people from the past; there is no better way to get to know someone than to read their mail!

title: The Writer's Life

title: The Wright Brothers

overview: Pulitzer prize-winning historian David McCullough explores how the Wright Brothers achieved the impossible -- and did it without formal education, government support or powerful friends.

title: The Wright Brothers

overview: Author-historian David McCullough discusses his writing and American history.

title: Curious Minds: David McCullough

original_title: Curious Minds: David McCullough


title: Curious Minds: Space

title: How Will Nanotechnology Impact Space Exploration?

overview: Eric Drexler, often called "the Father of Nanotechnology," discusses how nanoengineering will facilitate future space exploration.

title: A Fascination With Space Travel

overview: Roger Launius, Senior Curator at the National Air and Space Museum, explores humanity's early interest with space travel and the unknown secrets of the universe.

title: A Fascination With Space Travel

title: Planets By The Thousands

overview: Michael Summers, Professor of Planetary Science & Astronomy at George Mason University, marvels at our golden age of planetary science, with thousands of new worlds discovered in recent years.

title: Planets By The Thousands

title: Apollo 11

overview: Roger Launius, Senior Curator at the National Air and Space Museum, recounts the story of the famed mission that put the first men on the surface of the moon.

title: Apollo 11

title: Will There Ever Be Interstellar Travel?

overview: Are we currently living in an interstellar network? Michio Kaku, famed theoretical physicist and founder of string field theory, shares the ways in which interstellar travel may be possible.

title: Will There Ever Be Interstellar Travel?

title: Apollo 8: A Morale Boost

overview: Roger Launius, Senior Curator at the National Air and Space Museum, takes a look at the Apollo 8 mission and the famous Earthrise photograph, both taking place during a tumultuous year.

title: Apollo 8: A Morale Boost

title: Is The U.S. Lost In Space?

overview: Former NASA Astronaut and NOAA Administrator Kathryn Sullivan explores the status and benefits of the U.S. manned space program.

title: Is The U.S. Lost In Space?

title: Favorite Space Artifact

overview: Roger Launius, Senior Curator at the National Air and Space Museum, describes NASA's famed Stardust mission, responsible for collecting and analyzing comet dust.

title: Favorite Space Artifact

title: What Is It Like To Walk In Space?

overview: Former NASA Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space, describes what it's like to leave your spacecraft.

title: What Is It Like To Walk In Space?

title: N.A.S.A.: A Cold War Response

overview: Roger Launius, Senior Curator at the National Air and Space Museum, details Russia's role in the origins of the NASA program during the volatile Cold War era.

title: N.A.S.A.: A Cold War Response

title: Deploying And Fixing Hubble

overview: Former NASA Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan describes her role in deploying and repairing one of world's most significant scientific instruments.

title: Deploying And Fixing Hubble

title: The Power Of Lift Off

overview: Former NASA Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan describes the rush of a Space Shuttle launch.

title: The Power Of Lift Off

title: N.A.S.A.'s Mission In The 21st Century

overview: Roger Launius, Senior Curator at the National Air and Space Museum, highlights NASA's present goals and missions, as well as possible destinations and programs in the near-future.

title: N.A.S.A.'s Mission In The 21st Century

title: Returning To Earth

overview: Former NASA Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan describes thrill of Space Shuttle reentry and landing.

title: Returning To Earth

title: Robotic Mission To Space

overview: Roger Launius, Senior Curator at the National Air and Space Museum, shares the history of the robotic missions occurring in space.

title: Robotic Mission To Space

title: The Apollo Astronauts

overview: Roger Launius, Senior Curator at the National Air and Space Museum, shares the history of the men chosen to participate in the Apollo program.

title: The Apollo Astronauts

title: The Big Picture From Space

overview: Roger Launius, Senior Curator at the National Air and Space Museum, describes the "Overview Effect" experienced by astronauts when traveling to outer space.

title: The Big Picture From Space

title: The International Space Station

overview: Roger Launius, Senior Curator at the National Air and Space Museum, looks at life aboard the International Space Station, and the science currently being performed in outer space.

title: The International Space Station

title: The Militarization Of Space

overview: Roger Launius, Senior Curator at the National Air and Space Museum, looks at the history and possibility of military activity outside of planet Earth.

title: The Militarization Of Space

title: The Moon Landings

overview: Roger Launius, Senior Curator at the National Air and Space Museum, revisits the Golden Age of NASA with its many successful trips to the moon. How did we get there, and what did we learn?

title: The Moon Landings

title: The Tragedy Of Apollo 1

overview: Roger Launius, Senior Curator at the National Air and Space Museum, revisits one of NASA's greatest tragedies, the death of the Apollo 1 crew, and its impact on the program.

title: The Tragedy Of Apollo 1

overview: Space:  Experts and astronauts discuss the reality and the dreams of space exploration and discoveries.

title: Curious Minds: Space

original_title: Curious Minds: Space


title: The Secret Life of Dogs

status: Ended

The Secret Life of Dogs Front Credit

site: Vimeo

type: Opening Credits

Series 1

title: Episode 1

type: Still

overview: A look at how dogs have become part of human life and the closest of companions. An example of this special relationship is the amazing story of a cliff-diving jack russell.

title: Ο καλύτερος φίλος του ανθρώπου

title: Der beste Freund des Menschen

overview: Sie sind die besten Freunde des Menschen seit Tausenden von Jahren. Es gibt sie in über 400 unterschiedlichen Rassen. Aber wieviel weiß der Mensch wirklich über seinen besten Freund, den Hund, und woher er abstammt?

job: Director

department: Directing

type: Crew

character: Self

type: GuestStar

title: Episode 2

overview: This episode examines the working relationship between humans and dogs.

title: Δουλεύοντας σαν το σκυλί

title: Das Arbeitstier

overview: Diese Episode zeigt Geschichten aus dem wahren Leben: einen Mischling, der mit seinem Besitzer Gleitschirmfliegen geht; eine deutsche Dogge, die einem neunjährigen Mädchen dabei half, zum ersten Mal zu gehen; ein Team von Huskys im Training für das längste Rennen ihres Leben und einen surfenden Hund, der Menschen mit Autismus hilft.

title: Episode 3

overview: All dogs descend from wolves, but how did this predator become a member of so many families? These examples show how strong the bond can be between a dog and its human family.

title: Είμαστε οικογένεια

title: Das Familienmitglied

title: Series 1

overview: They’ve been man’s best friend for thousands of years. But how much do we really know about our dogs and where they came from?

title: The Secret Life of Dogs

title: Η κρυφή ζωή των σκύλων

overview: Ο σκύλος είναι το πιο ποικιλόμορφο θηλαστικό και ο καλύτερος φίλος του ανθρώπου εδώ και χιλιάδες χρόνια. Ποια ήταν, όμως, τα ιδιαίτερα χαρακτηριστικά του σκύλου που οδήγησαν στη δημιουργία αυτού του τόσο ξεχωριστού δεσμού;

title: A kutyák titkos élete

title: 狗狗密语

title: The Secret Life of Dogs

overview: Han sido el mejor amigo del hombre durante miles de años. Pero, ¿cuánto sabemos realmente sobre nuestros perros y de dónde vienen?

title: The Secret Life of Dogs

overview: Eles são os melhores amigos do homem há milhares de anos. Mas quanto realmente sabemos sobre nossos cães e de onde eles vieram?

title: Die geheime Welt der Hunde

overview:
Hunde haben eine ausgeprägte emotionale Bindung zum Menschen und ihre außergewöhnlichen und hervorragenden Sinne können ihre Besitzer im Alltag unterstützen. Das erklärt auch, wieso und auf welche Weise gerade der Hund ein so gewichtiger Teil im Leben der Menschen ist.

Die Doku-Reihe zeigt die einzigartigen Eigenschaften von Hunden und entdeckt dabei ihre bemerkenswerte Physiologie, ihre emotionale Bindung zum Menschen und ihre außergewöhnlichen Sinne.

title: Koirien salattu elämä

overview: Ihmisen paras ystävä on maailman monimuotoisin nisäkäslaji. Sarjassa tutustutaan koirien valtavaan kirjoon jakamalla ne kolmeen heimoon. Tapaamme muun muassa kilpahuskyja ja autisteja auttavan surffaajakoiran.

title: 狗狗密語

character: Narrator

job: Producer

department: Production

original_title: The Secret Life of Dogs


title: A Curious World

Season 1

title: Ancient Builders

overview: This original, short-form show explores the engineering marvels created by ancient civilizations from the Pyramids to Machu Picchu.

title: Ancient Builders

title: Beyond Gravity

overview: This original, short-form show explores the force of gravity and its importance to our existence.  What happens to the body in space?  Can we ever truly live long-term outside of Earth's atmosphere and in zero gravity?

title: Beyond Gravity

title: Black Holes

overview: This original, short-form show explores the reality of black holes and the most recent controversy surrounding the essence of their existence.  Do we know what is at the bottom of a black hole?

title: Black Holes

title: Human Migration

overview: What new technologies and scientific breakthroughs are providing insights into the history of human migration?  Geneticists are tracking strains of viruses and other diseases through our DNA to confirm ancient human migration routes.

title: Human Migration

title: First Life On Earth

overview: There are a number of new theories on the origins of life on Earth and other planets - which one is the most plausible?  Explore the world of microorganisms and evolution at the molecular level.

title: First Life On Earth

title: Changing Earth

overview: How are plate tectonics changing land mass and reshaping the Earth?  Is the Earth literally changing beneath our feet?  This original short form show explores the way the Earth is still actively changing and the effects of those changes.

title: Changing Earth

title: Why Do We Dream?

overview: This original, short-form show explores the world of dreams.  Why do we need sleep?  What does our brain do when we dream?

title: Why Do We Dream?

title: Extraterrestrials

overview: This short-form show explores the outer reaches of space to answer one of the great questions of all time:  Are we alone in the Universe?

title: Extraterrestrials

title: Live Long & Prosper

overview: This original, short-form show explores the potential to augment our human lifespan.  How does the human body age?

title: Live Long & Prosper

title: Super-Volcanoes

overview: A recent study found that the eruption of a so-called "super-volcano" is hundreds of times more powerful a than conventional volcanic eruption.  What are "super-volcanoes" and where are they found?  What consequences could the eruption of one of these super-volcanoes have for the populations nearby?

title: Super-Volcanoes

title: The Universe

overview: This original, short-form show unravels the mysteries of the Universe.  What is it made of?

title: The Universe

title: Time Tellers

overview: This short-form show explores the earliest technologies that enabled humans to keep track of their day.  Discover how ancient civilizations marked the passage of time.

title: Time Tellers

title: Traits

overview: This original, short-form show dives into the science of personality.  What traits most likely lead to success in life?

title: Traits

title: Underwater Worlds

overview: The ocean covers 70 percent of the Earth's surface, but scientists say they still know shockingly little about the mysterious, deep blue sea.  What lies at the bottom of our oceans?

title: Underwater Worlds

title: Weather

overview: Hurricanes, super storms and tornadoes all wreak havoc on human populations across the globe.  Will we ever develop the technology to control extreme weather and minimize its damage?

title: Weather

overview: These original, short-form shows explore subjects ranging from gravity to the Pyramids to human aging.  Be curious!

title: A Curious World

original_title: A Curious World


title: The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World

name: Vampire Bats feeding on Sea Lions | The Dark:  Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth

site: YouTube

type: Clip

name: Wild Puma Plays like a Kitten | The Dark:  Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth

name: Puma Stares Down Camera Crew | The Dark:  Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth

name: Never Before Seen Giant Anteater Behaviour | The Dark:  Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth

name: Swimming Cricket Bites Zoologist | The Dark:  Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth

name: Zoologist spots Three Toed Sloth on Riverbank | The Dark:  Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth

name: Vampire Bat Colony Found In Abandoned Hut | The Dark:  Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth

name: Pink Catfish Discovered In Mountain Cave | The Dark:  Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth

name: Jaguar Approaches Lone Camerawoman | The Dark:  Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth

name: Trapdoor Spider Seizes Insect | The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth

name: Net-Casting Spider Ensnares Prey | The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth

name: Wild Tapir Caught On Camera | The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World | BBC Earth

title: Central American Jungle

overview:
This illuminating natural history series reveals a totally new perspective on wildlife at night. Over six months, a team of biologists and specialist camera crew explore the length of South and Central America to find out how animals have adapted to life in the dark.

The expedition starts in the jungles of Costa Rica where the team are after some of the most frightening nocturnal predators. Alone in the dark, nighttime camera specialist Justine Evans has an exceptionally close encounter with a large male jaguar. Biologist Dr. George McGavin is on the trail of the most ingenious predator of the jungle - the net casting spider. And cameraman Gordon Buchanan finds ruined temples deep in the jungle as he searches for the bizarre creatures that rule the jungle canopy at night.

title: Central American Jungle

title: 第1集：鬼面蛛“撒网”捕猎

title: 鬼面蛛“撒網”捕獵

title: Amazon Flooded Forests

overview: Natural history series revealing a totally new perspective on wildlife at night. Now the expedition travels south to a flooded forest in the heart of the Amazon. Large mammal expert Bryson Voirin encounters a curious sloth whilst camerawoman Sophie Darlington spends stormy nights precariously perched high in the jungle canopy, attempting to film the only nocturnal monkey in the world. Further south, Gordon Buchanan heads to the largest wetland on earth in search of giant anteaters and enters a strange deserted house that's been taken over by vampire bats. And Dr. George McGavin abseils deep into the perpetual darkness of a giant cave system - cut off from the light for millions of years. Deep inside, he and the team discover species new to science.

title: Amazon Flooded Forests

title: 第2集：热带雨林发现粉色海豚

title: 熱帶雨林發現粉色海豚

title: Patagonian Mountains

overview:
Natural history series about wildlife at night culminates at the wild and windswept tip of South America. Coming face to face with the widest-ranging cat in the Americas - the puma - camerawoman Justine Evans attempts to film their nocturnal hunting behaviour for the first time.

Even further south, Gordon Buchanan dives into the icy waters of the Strait of Magellan to solve a mystery - scientists have heard humpback whales moving close to the shore at night, but have no idea what they could be doing. And Dr. George McGavin attaches a miniature tracking device to a vampire bat's back to discover whose blood it is feeding on.

title: Patagonian Mountains

title: 第3集：美洲狮夜晚捕猎

title: 美洲獅夜晚捕獵

overview: A new perspective on wildlife at night. A team of biologists and specialist camera crew explore the length of South and Central America to find out how animals have adapted to life in the dark.

title: The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World

title: 夜行动物探秘

overview: 对人类来说，黑暗意味着危险、禁止与没有活力。黑暗里隐藏着世界上最危险、最可怕的生物，但却也蕴藏着大自然从未被发现过的神秘与伟大。很多动物都在夜间活动，但它们却很少在夜间被研究，并极少在黑暗中被拍到。历时6个月，一个由生物学家和摄影人员组成的团队，正赶往中南美洲的偏远地带，他们勇敢地面对幽暗的森林与恐怖的沼泽，探索动物们谜一般的夜间生活，窥探这些“暗夜精灵”奇特的行为，破解它们最真实的生存之谜。

title: La oscuridad: el mundo nocturno de la naturaleza

overview: Una nueva perspectiva sobre la vida silvestre en la noche. Un equipo de biólogos y camarógrafos especializados exploran América del Sur y Central para descubrir cómo los animales se han adaptado a la vida en la oscuridad.

title: 夜行動物探秘

overview: 對人類來説，黑暗意味著危險、禁止與沒有活力。黑暗裏隱藏著世界上最危險、最可怕的生物，但卻也藴藏著大自然從未被發現過的神秘與偉大。很多動物都在夜間活動，但它們卻很少在夜間被研究，並極少在黑暗中被拍到。歷時 6 個月，一個由生物學家和攝影人員組成的團隊，正趕往中南美洲的偏遠地帶，他們勇敢地面對幽暗的森林與恐怖的沼澤，探索動物們謎一般的夜間生活，窺探這些“闇夜精靈”奇特的行為，破解它們最真實的生存之謎。

title: 動物的夜生活

overview:
所有夜間的獵物，最恐怖、最奇特的生物在夜晚都會出動，為你展現野生動物驚險神秘的夜間生活。

地球上的大部分生物都是趁著夜色行動的，藉著最先進的夜晚攝影技術，一組生物學家和專業的攝影團隊冒險深入中南美洲地區，這些勇敢的開拓者為我們詳細闡述了各種動物的夜間世界。影片中有與美洲虎危險的近距離接觸，在委內瑞拉探勘一個從未有生物學家進入過的洞穴，甚至拍到了罕見的吸血蝙蝠正在吸血的場景。這些暗夜下令人毛骨悚然的動物們之奇特生活都在影片中一一揭曉。

character: Self - Narrator

job: Executive Producer

job: Production Assistant

job: Music

department: Sound

job: Editor

department: Editing

job: Production Manager

job: Sound Recordist

job: Sound Editor


title: Curious Minds: Ebola

title: How Do You Contract Ebola?

overview: J. Stephen Morrison, a global health expert, explains the various ways through which Ebola can be contracted.

title: How Do You Contract Ebola?

title: How Do You Stop Ebola?

overview: J. Stephen Morrison, a global health expert, explains the preventive measures that can halt another Ebola spread.

title: How Do You Stop Ebola?

title: Is Ebola Changing U.S. Global Health Policy?

overview: J. Stephen Morrison, a global health expert, evaluates the changes to United States health agenda based on the 2014 Ebola outbreak.

title: Is Ebola Reshaping West Africa?

overview: J. Stephen Morrison, a global health expert, discusses the effects of the 2014 Ebola crisis on West Africa.

title: Is Ebola Reshaping West Africa?

title: Lessons Learned From The 2014 Ebola Outbreak

overview: J. Stephen Morrison, a global health expert, assesses the major lessons of the 2014 Ebola outbreak.

title: The Stages Of Ebola

overview: J. Stephen Morrison, a global health expert, discusses the symptoms of Ebola in humans.

title: The Stages Of Ebola

title: What Is Ebola?

overview: J. Stephen Morrison, a global health expert, discusses the origins of the Ebola virus, tracing it back to 1976.

title: What Is Ebola?

title: Worst Case Scenario For The 2014 Ebola Outbreak

overview: J. Stephen Morrison, a global health expert, reviews the predictions of the 2014 Ebola outbreak.

overview: What is Ebola?  How has the spread of this disease affected West Africa and the World?

title: Curious Minds: Ebola

original_title: Curious Minds: Ebola


title: Norman Seeff's The Sessions

title: Overcoming Fear

overview: Renowned creativity explorer, filmmaker and photographer Norman Seeff reveals that the secret to his success is something far more subtle and challenging than simply snapping a photo.

title: Overcoming Fear

title: Finding Your Inner Voice

overview: After working with musicians, actors and other creative people, creativity explorer, thinker and photographer Norman Seeff reveals what he thinks is one of the most important factors in becoming a successful artist.

title: Finding Your Inner Voice

title: Capturing Authenticity

overview: Creativity explorer, filmmaker and photographer Norman Seeff tells the story of how a single session with legendary performer Ray Charles became a turning point in his career.

title: Capturing Authenticity

title: The Source Of Creativity

overview: Photographer and creativity explorer Norman Seeff reflects on the insight he's gained about the creative process from renowned artists such as Will.i.am.

title: The Source Of Creativity

title: Billy Wilder Interview

overview: Billy Wilder muses on writing, directing and Marilyn Monroe.

title: Billy Wilder Interview

title: Ray Charles:  If You Can Sing

overview: Ray Charles shows how "easy" it is to sing and explains how he does what he does musically.

title: Ray Charles:  If You Can Sing

title: Ray Charles:  Talking Back

overview: Ray Charles tells Norman Seeff how an instrument talks back to a musician and what that means.

title: Ray Charles:  Talking Back

title: Will.i.am:  Tomorrow People

overview: What sets artists apart from the rest of us?  What drives them?  Will.i.am reflects on artists as "tomorrow people".

title: Will.i.am:  Tomorrow People

title: Bootsy And Catfish Collins

overview: "What is Funk?"  Bootsy and Catfish Collins define it and demonstrate it for Norman Seeff.

title: Bootsy And Catfish Collins

title: Chris Lewicki: Moved To Tears

overview: Chris Lewicki talks about why he worked so long and hard on the Mars Exploration Rover.

title: Chris Lewicki: Moved To Tears

title: Dr. John: Rehab

overview: How do you move beyond addiction?  Dr. John's answer is defining his priorities.

title: Dr. John: Rehab

title: Dr. John:  Rehab Conversation

overview: Conversations with Dr. John, Norman Seeff and others on how defining priorities can change a life.

title: Dr. John:  Rehab Conversation

title: Dr. John: Performance

overview: Recorded in 1999, Dr. John talks candidly with Norman Seeff about his creative process and his relaxed approach to song writing.

title: Dr. John: Performance

title: Dr. John:  Performance and Conversation

overview: Norman Seeff and others comment on a 1999 interview with Dr. John in which he talks about the "magic" of what he does and what he creates.

title: Dr. John:  Performance and Conversation

title: Herbie Hancock:  Who Are You Kidding?

overview: Herbie Hancock talks with Norman Seeff about his decision not to become an electrical engineer in order to pursue a passion for music and composing.

title: Herbie Hancock:  Who Are You Kidding?

title: Herbie Hancock: Conversation

overview: Norman Seeff and others discuss Herbie Hancock's decision not to become an electrical engineer, but to go into music and composing, with all the risks of failure -- and creative energy -- that entailed.

title: Herbie Hancock: Conversation

title: Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage (Part 3)

overview: The conversation with Herbie Hancock continues as Seeff learns about Hancock's composition of "Maiden Voyage."  Is a piece "destined" to be written?

title: Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage (Part 3)

title: Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage (Part 1)

overview: Herbie Hancock's job is "to be open to inspiration" -- how did he compose "Maiden Voyage"?  He tells the story to Norman Seeff.

title: Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage (Part 1)

title: Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage (Part 2)

overview: Herbie Hancock and others review his 1999 interview on "Maiden Voyage."  He talks about arriving at the perfect title for the piece.

title: Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage (Part 2)

title: Mark Adler:  Beyond Fear

overview: Mark Adler talks about the thought breakthrough that helped move the Mars Exploration Rover Mission forward.

title: Mark Adler:  Beyond Fear

title: Mark Adler: Conversation

overview: Mark Adler, Mission Manager of the Mars exploration mission with Pathfinder, recalls the moment he worked out how the lander could be constructed.  Watching this interview, Norman Seeff and colleagues discuss this moment of inspiration and the power of dreams.

title: Mark Adler: Conversation

title: Merle Haggard Interview

overview: Merle Haggard opens up to Norman Seeff about his father's untimely death and its effect on his music.

title: Merle Haggard Interview

title: Merle Haggard Conversation

overview: Norman Seeff and others discuss turning pain into creativity and purpose while watching Merle Haggard's interview with Norman from 2002.

title: Merle Haggard Conversation

title: Poncho Sanchez Interview Part 1

overview: Poncho Sanchez, noted Latin Jazz musician, discusses how he got his start on the drums and his earliest memories of music in his home.

title: Poncho Sanchez Interview Part 1

title: Poncho Sanchez Interview Part 2

overview: How does Poncho Sanchez, noted Latin Jazz musician, turn his dreams into music?

title: Poncho Sanchez Interview Part 2

title: Ray Charles:  Creating It

overview: Ray Charles talks about making music and the influence an instrument has on the artist.

title: Ray Charles:  Creating It

title: Ray Charles: Conversation

overview: Norman Seeff and others discuss the unlimited possibility of creative thought.

title: Ray Charles: Conversation

title: Steve Squyres Interview Part 1

overview: Steve Squyres, principal investigator for the Mars Rover Project, describes his passion for exploration.

title: Steve Squyres Interview Part 1

title: Steve Squyres Conversation Part 1

overview: Norman Seeff and others reflect on the "fun" in Squyres' passion for the Mars Project.

title: Steve Squyres Conversation Part 1

title: Steve Squyres Interview Part 2

overview: Steve Squyres, principal investigator for the Mars Rover Project, recalls the day he got THE phone call that his team was chosen for the Mars project.

title: Steve Squyres Interview Part 2

title: Steve Squyres Conversation Part 2

overview: Norman Seeff and others discuss the non-linear path of creative thought, even in science.

title: Steve Squyres Conversation Part 2

title: Tom Rivellini:  Dreaming And Visioning

overview: Mars Exploration Rover design engineer Tom Rivellini describes his moment of clarity around the design of the lander and its deployment.

title: Tom Rivellini:  Dreaming And Visioning

title: Tom Rivellini:  Conception And Perception

overview: Norman Seeff and others discuss the willingness to "receive" ideas as part of the energy of Tom Rivellini's creativity and the creativity of others.

title: Will.i.am:  Inner Creation

overview: Will.i.am embodies innate creativity as he describes how the world and its sounds and conversations translate to music for him.

title: Will.i.am:  Inner Creation

title: Will.i.am:  Finding Voice

overview: As they watch Will.i.am spontaneously compose a song while in a photo session, Norman Seeff and others discuss the artist entering a "sacred space" of creation.

title: Will.i.am:  Finding Voice

title: Will.i.am: Engulfed By Music

overview: Will.i.am discusses his mother's influence on his life and his teen years in his neighborhood as he discovered his musical talents.

title: Will.i.am: Engulfed By Music

title: Lily Tomlin Interview

overview: Recorded in 1986 during a photo session with Norman Seeff,  Lily Tomlin discusses performing on stage night after night, and she and her partner, Jane Wagner, discuss the way they work together.

title: Lily Tomlin Interview

title: Norman Mailer

overview: Norman Seeff, creativity explorer and photographer, interviews American author Norman Mailer during a photo shoot in 1988.  Mailer had just written "Ancient Evenings" and so he and Norman talk about writing, death, reincarnation and ancient Egypt.

title: Norman Mailer

title: The Chaka & Rufus Sessions

overview: In 1999, Norman Seeff interviewed Chaka Khan and the funk music band, Rufus, about the start of their collaboration, their songs, and their careers.

title: The Chaka & Rufus Sessions

title: Will.i.am:  Timeless Cut

overview: Will.i.am talks to Norman Seeff about musicians and how their melodies are meant to be created and shared.  They discuss how constructing a melody is like breaking a code for the artist and for the listeners.

title: Will.i.am:  Timeless Cut

title: Adam Deitch

overview: Photographer Norman Seeff talks with Adam Deitch, record producer and drummer, about the roots of Adam's music and his creativity.

title: Adam Deitch

title: Stevie Nicks

overview: Recorded in 1999, Norman Seeff talks with Stevie Nicks, solo artist, and member of Fleetwood Mac, about her stage fright that overwhelms her, but how it can also transform her performances.

title: Stevie Nicks

title: Johnny Mathis

overview: Recorded in1976, photographer Norman Seeff shares some candid moments with Johnny Mathis during a photo shoot.

title: Johnny Mathis

title: Carver Mead Interview

overview: Photographer Norman Seeff speaks with Carver Mead, renowned professor at the California Institute of Technology, about his early childhood growing up in the mountains in California -- and the benefits of long walks in the woods and surprises.

title: Carver Mead Interview

title: Martin Scorsese

overview: Recorded in 1985, photographer Norman Seeff interviews Martin Scorsese as he photographs him.  Scorsese briefly touches on "Mean Streets" and "Taxi Driver", "Raging Bull" as he discusses directing movies and working with actors.

title: Martin Scorsese

title: The Jim Henson Session

overview: In a sweetly revelatory photo session from 1986, Norman Seeff draws out jim Henson on puppeteering, and his joy in being able to stay creative and playful.

title: The Jim Henson Session

title: Miguel San Martin

overview: Miguel San Martin opens up to photographer Norman Seeff about his early years in Patagonia and his work on the Mars Mission as the Chief Engineer for Guidance and Control systems.

title: Miguel San Martin

title: Hip Hop Dance Session

overview: Recorded in 2004, photographer Norman Seeff films some enthusiastic urban street dancers who are dissecting dances and teaching each other movements.

title: Hip Hop Dance Session

title: Red Bull Music Academy Compilation

overview: In 2013, photographer Norman Seeff interviewed some of the Red Bull Music Academy participants about making music, electronic music,  and what it means to them.  Artists include: Federico Randall, Carlos Guadd, Alexandra Pirici, Rodrigo Coelho, Alex Silva, Simone Jones and Louis Baker.

title: Red Bull Music Academy Compilation

title: The Take 6 Session

overview: Take 6 is an American Grammy winning a cappella gospel music sextet formed in 1980 on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. The group sings contemporary R&B style.  Recorded in 2002, Norman Seeff persuades them to show him how they construct their songs together.

title: The Take 6 Session

title: Simone Jones Interview

overview: Recorded in 2013, Norman Seeff talks with Simone Jones, a Red Bull Music Academy participant, about her unquenchable urge to create music.

title: Simone Jones Interview

title: Triumph Of The Dream

overview: Excerpts from Norman Seeff's interviews with members of the NASA team that was responsible for the design and the mission of the Mars Rover about pivotal moments leading up to the mission's success.

title: Triumph Of The Dream

title: The California Institute Of Technology Interviews

overview: Research scientists at the California Institute of Technology were interviewed by Norman Seeff in 2002.  In this film he has compiled various scientists talking about seminal moments which led them to their careers; and the thrill of the endless quest for knowledge of our world and our universe.

title: Bob Fosse

overview: Bob Fosse, renowned dancer and choreographer, reflects on dancing and his life as he poses for photos in Norman Seeff's studio in 1986.

title: Bob Fosse

title: The Pointer Sisters

overview: The Pointer Sisters, June, Ruth and Anita, riding the fame of their disco hits in 1982, dance, sing and pose for photographs.

title: The Pointer Sisters

title: Nate Ruess

overview: Norman Seeff interviews current music sensation Nate Ruess about his composing style, his career with previous groups Fun and The Format and how Nate evaluates his success.

title: Nate Ruess

title: The Curtis Stigers Session

overview: In 2003, Norman Seeff photographed and talked with Curtis Stigers about his early career, his feelings about performing live and the nature of jazz.

title: The Curtis Stigers Session

title: The Heart Session

overview: In 2011, Norman Seeff talked to Ann and Nancy Wilson, the sisters in the band Heart, about the ecstasy of creating music, songwriting and the difficult role of women in the music business.

title: The Heart Session

title: The Raphael Saadiq Session

overview: In 2008, Norman Seeff photographed and interviewed Raphael Saadiq, a guitarist, record producer and singer who has been a standard bearer of old school R&B.  Saadiq talked about his early career and his music.

title: The Raphael Saadiq Session

title: The Terry McMillan Session

overview: In 1988, Norman Seeff photographs and interviews Terry McMillan, author of "Waiting to Exhale" and other books, about how she started writing, and how she "becomes" her characters when she is writing.

title: The Terry McMillan Session

overview: What makes creative people the way they are?  Hear from musicians, performers and engineers as they talk to Norman Seeff about creativity.

title: Norman Seeff's The Sessions

original_title: Norman Seeff's The Sessions


title: Curious Minds: Titanic

title: The Legacy Of The Titanic

overview: James Delgado, Director of the Maritime Heritage Program at NOAA, speaks to the legacy of the largest ship to have sailed and sank in its time, the RMS Titanic.

title: The Legacy Of The Titanic

title: Titanic 2.5 Miles Deep

overview: James Delgado, Director of the Maritime Heritage Program at NOAA, journeys miles underwater to bring us a modern look at the RMS Titanic wreck.

title: Titanic 2.5 Miles Deep

title: Who Owns The Titanic?

overview: James Delgado, Director of the Maritime Heritage Program at NOAA, delves into the topic of ownership when it comes to the RMS Titanic and the artifacts worth millions of dollars that lie at the bottom of the ocean.

title: Who Owns The Titanic?

overview: Experts discuss the recent discoveries in marine archaeology relating to the tragic sinking of the Titanic.

title: Curious Minds: Titanic

original_title: Curious Minds: Titanic


title: Love In Action

title: 50 Cent

overview: One of the most famous & notorious rappers today, 50 Cent's true fight is the one against hunger though his company Street King, pledging to donate 1 billion meals to the World Food Program.

title: 50 Cent

title: Adrian Grenier

overview: Renowned actor, filmmaker & musician, Adrian Grenier's true passion is promoting a sustainable way of living through film, design, art & food with his company SHFT.

title: Adrian Grenier

title: Goldie Hawn

overview: Superstar Goldie Hawn's true heart lies in her MindUp Program, encouraging parents to help their children develop social & emotional intelligence through Mindfulness education.

title: Goldie Hawn

title: Jean-George

overview: Recipient of the James Beard award for Best Chef & Best New Restaurant, Jean-Georges Vongerichten is the premier French Chef of his three Michelin star restaurant at 1 Central Park West.

title: Jean-George

title: J.R.

overview: His art has been seen by millions across Paris, London, Abu Dhabi, Miami, Tokyo & NYC, yet the TED Prize winning photographer & freedom activist J.R.'s identity remains a mystery.

title: J.R.

title: Mark Ruffalo

overview: Renowned actor, Mark Ruffalo, is leading the fight against using fracked natural gas, by encouraging people to use cleaner energy sources like solar and wind.

title: Mark Ruffalo

title: Robert Kennedy Jr.

overview: A member one of America's most prominent families, Robert Kennedy Jr.'s true activism is with Waterkeeper Alliance and it's 191 Waterkeeper programs.

title: Robert Kennedy Jr.

overview: Deepak Chopra interviews the thought leaders, trendsetters and pioneers engaged in social change in our world today.

title: Love In Action

original_title: Love In Action


title: Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

type: Logo

title: Pagans to Vikings

overview: Dr Janina Ramirez explores how monasteries evolved from a cult of extreme isolation and self-deprivation into powerhouses of Anglo-Saxon art, industry and learning. Janina begins her journey on the desolate rock of Skellig St Michael off the east coast of Ireland, home to the oldest surviving monastery in the British Isles. Monasteries such as Lindisfarne and Whitby became beacons of civilisation and literature in the barbaric Anglo-Saxon world, creating wondrous works of art including the Lindisfarne Gospels and St Cuthbert's pectoral cross. They transform the culture and landscape of England, until they too were destroyed by a new wave of barbarian invaders

title: Pagans to Vikings

job: Online Editor

job: Writer

department: Writing

title: From the Vikings to the 15th Century

overview: The golden age of the British monastery was during the medieval period, when monks transformed British society and rose to a position of immense power. Fighting back after centuries of defeat and neglect, a wave of new monasteries spread across the nation, with over 500 British monastic houses established by the 14th century. Far from the inward-looking recluses of legend, monks were exceptionally creative, and became pioneers in the fields of medicine, science, scholarship, industry, farming, art and music. They didn't turn their back on the medieval world, but helped transform it. Yet as the monasteries mingled with the world outside their cloisters they began to take on its corruption

title: From the Vikings to the 15th Century

job: Director of Photography

department: Camera

title: Secular Society

overview: Dr Janina Ramirez discovers how the immensely rich and powerful monasteries, that had dominated British society for a thousand years, were annihilated in less than five years. In the 15th century, eight hundred monasteries in England owned one third of the nation's land. Many monks were living in palatial monasteries and were patrons of the finest art and architecture. Janina then traces the story of the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell. Although not a single monastery survived the systematic liquidation, Janina shows the lasting impact Britain's millennium of monasteries had on our society and culture.

title: Secular Society

overview: Janina Ramirez discovers how monasteries shaped all aspects of medieval Britain and created a dazzling array of art, architecture and literature, a story of faith, sacrifice, violence and corruption.

overview: Janina Ramirez ontdekt hoe kloosters alle aspecten van het middeleeuwse Groot-Brittannië vormden en een duizelingwekkend scala aan kunst, architectuur en literatuur creëerden, een verhaal van geloof, opoffering, geweld en corruptie.

job: Head of Production

job: Producer's Assistant

job: Sound Mixer

job: Development Producer


title: Curious Minds: Entrepreneurs

title: 4 Traits For Successful Enterprises

overview: Ted Leonsis, entrepreneur and venture capital investor, discusses the secrets to leading successful enterprises and creating valuable relationships with employees.

title: 4 Traits For Successful Enterprises

title: What Is Disruptive Technology?

overview: Ted Leonsis, entrepreneur and venture capital investor, explains the transformations that major industries have gone through as a result of new trends.

title: What Is Disruptive Technology?

title: What Makes a Great Entrepreneur?

overview: The Chairman and CEO of NanoMech, Jim Phillips, a telecommunications pioneer with leadership experiences at Nortel, Skytel, Motorola and Mobilecomm, shares his insights on the traits of successful entrepreneurs.

title: What Makes a Great Entrepreneur?

title: Your Biggest Failure

overview: Ted Leonsis, entrepreneur and venture capital investor, looks back to his time at AOL and the business decisions that shaped his success.

title: Your Biggest Failure

title: What Defines A Great Entrepreneur?

overview: Entrepreneur David Shaw explores the personal characteristics needed to succeed in modern business.

title: What Defines A Great Entrepreneur?

overview: What makes a successful entrepreneur?

title: Curious Minds: Entrepreneurs

original_title: Curious Minds: Entrepreneurs


title: European Inventor Award 2017

title: Rapid Blood Test For Malaria

overview: Prior to the invention of this new test for malaria, only a time-consuming laboratory procedure – including a manual cell count by microscope by trained personnel and taking about 60 minutes – could detect malaria with certainty.  Almost 3.2 billion people are at risk from malaria across the globe.

title: Rapid Blood Test For Malaria

title: Lab-grown Human Organs

overview: Dutch molecular geneticist Hans Clevers developed the world's first "intestinoids" for testing drugs on active human intestinal tissue in 2009. Since then, he has adapted this technology for multiple additional human tissues, including liver, lung and pancreas.

title: Lab-grown Human Organs

title: High Resolution Video Imaging

overview: OCT has become the standard of care in ophthalmology.  This patented technology relies on light to create real-time, high-resolution images of human tissue in vivo for the diagnosis of blinding eye diseases,  and deadly heart disease and cancer, avoiding the tissue removal necessary for biopsies.

title: High Resolution Video Imaging

title: Plastic Bottles Made From Plants

overview: Gruter and his team were the first to come up with an economically viable method for turning renewable plant-based sugars into bioplastics.  PEF can replace aluminum, glass and the most commonly used polyester: PET, derived from petrochemicals.  PEF' also has a lower carbon footprint.

title: Plastic Bottles Made From Plants

title: Sustaining Transplant Organs

overview: Developed by a former heart surgeon, the Organ Care System (OCS™), pioneered by TransMedics, Inc., is the only multi-organ platform world-wide that enables donor organs to remain in a near-physiological and functioning state outside the human body.

title: Sustaining Transplant Organs

title: Super-Sponge For Oil Spills

overview: Deurex's scientists are still trying to pin down the exact adsorptive properties of their "magic cotton", which was discovered by accident after a worker left on a wax-making machine overnight with incorrect temperature and pressure settings - but it can absorb oil from ocean oil spills.

title: Super-Sponge For Oil Spills

title: Spread-Spectrum Signals For European GPS Navigation

overview: This technology helps ensure the high accuracy of GALILEO, the ESA GPS, while saving energy and assuring navigational compatibility with the US GPS and the Russian GLONASS worldwide GNSS systems. The team's developments also allow the use of legacy and lower- end receivers.

title: Spectral Band Replication (SBR) Improving Audio Compression

overview: Spectral Band Replication (SBR) is a novel method for compressing digital audio files that has made it possible for millions of people around the world to enjoy either higher-quality sound or higher compression, easily and affordably. How does it work?

title: The Blade Compressor: An Energy-saving Revolution In Air Compressor Technology

overview: Air compressors are found in many industries: from large machines used in water treatment and manufacturing.  They make up 10% of Europe's industrial electricity consumption.  After a trial at a waste water treatment facility in the UK, the Blade Compressor showed electricity savings of over 20%.

title: Elmar Mock: Innovation That Ticks – Swatch Watch And Other Inventions

overview: Swiss innovative all-rounder Elmar Mock is best known for his co-invention of the best-selling Swatch wristwatch, which revolutionized watchmaking. However, the inventor has gone on to found an entire "innovative factory" – Mock's company Creaholic – that churns out novel inventions by the hundreds.

title: An "Off Switch" To Stop Lupus In Its Tracks

overview: Muller's discovery may be the first "off switch" to stop lupus in its tracks.  Instead of suppressing the immune system in its entirety – like most previous treatments – the drug she developed specifically targets so-called T-cells associated with lupus symptoms.

title: Rino Rappuoli: The Father Of Modern-Day Vaccinations

overview: Rappuoli's vaccinations against diseases such as diphtheria, bacterial meningitis and whooping cough have been administered to millions as part of routine vaccination programs, practically eliminating these infections in the developed world.

title: Boosting Antibiotics With Essential Oils

overview: The rise of multi-drug-resistant bacteria is a rapidly-growing global problem. Remmal's formula combines existing, standard antibiotics with the natural antimicrobial, anti-parasitic and anti-fungal properties found in indigenous plants, which helps prevent the spread of bacteria.

title: New Hope For Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

overview: Before Remuzzi's discovery of ACE inhibitors to treat Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), kidney failure and lifelong dependence on dialysis were inevitable for many patients including those with certain organ transplantation.

title: Axel Ullrich: Stopping Cancer At The Root

overview: German molecular biologist Axel Ullrich broadened the scientific understanding of the genetic causes of cancer and other diseases.  •	He made history with the discovery of the HER2/neu oncogene responsible for gene-related breast cancer. Ullrich also developed the anti-cancer drug Herceptin.

overview: From inventions like a drug to fight Lupus to a sponge for massive oil spills, these inventors have changed our world.

title: European Inventor Award 2017

original_title: European Inventor Award 2017


title: Charles Yang Performances

title: Blackbird

overview: Charles Yang, a Juilliard violinist, performs the Beatles' 'Blackbird' with pianist Peter Dugan at the July 2014 Curiosity Retreat in Gateway Canyons, Colorado.

title: Blackbird

title: Bohemian Rhapsody

overview: Charles Yang, a Juilliard violinist, performs Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' with pianist Peter Dugan at the July 2014 Curiosity Retreat in Gateway Canyons, Colorado.

title: Bohemian Rhapsody

title: Chaconne / Billie Jean

overview: Charles Yang, a Juilliard violinist, performs Bach's 'Chaconne' mixed with Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' at the July 2014 Curiosity Retreat in Gateway Canyons, Colorado.

title: Chaconne / Billie Jean

title: Czardas

overview: Charles Yang, a Juilliard violinist, performs 'Czardas' with pianist Peter Dugan at the July 2014 Curiosity Retreat in Gateway Canyons, Colorado.

title: Czardas

title: House Of The Rising Sun

overview: Charles Yang, a Juilliard violinist, performs 'House of the Rising Sun' with pianist Peter Dugan at the July 2014 Curiosity Retreat in Gateway Canyons, Colorado.

title: House Of The Rising Sun

title: Motion

overview: Charles Yang, a Juilliard violinist, performs his original composition 'Motion' at the July 2014 Curiosity Retreat in Gateway Canyons, Colorado.

title: Motion

title: Somewhere Over The Rainbow

overview: Charles Yang, a Juilliard violinist, performs Harold Arlen's 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' with pianist Peter Dugan at the July 2014 Curiosity Retreat in Gateway Canyons, Colorado.

title: Somewhere Over The Rainbow

title: The Way We Were

overview: Charles Yang, a Juilliard violinist, performs Marvin_Hamlisch's 'The Way We Were' with pianist Peter Dugan at the July 2014 Curiosity Retreat in Gateway Canyons, Colorado.

title: The Way We Were

overview: Charles Yang, a Juilliard violinist, performs with pianist Peter Dugan at the July 2014 Curiosity Retreat in Gateway Canyons, Colorado.

title: Charles Yang Performances

original_title: Charles Yang Performances


title: War of 1812

WAR OF 1812 (1999) | Official Trailer

type: Trailer

title: Part 1: When I Meet My Doom

overview: Tensions mount between the United States and Great Britain. War is inevitable. The British general Isaac Brock sends troops to take Fort Mackinac, leading to the first victory of the war. Brock signs an agreement with Tecumseh, forging an alliance between the British and Canada's First Nations.

title: Part 1: When I Meet My Doom

title: Part 2:  Or Leave Our Bones Upon Them

overview: In Part Two, Sir George Prevost takes command of the British and Canadians. The attack on Fort Meigs fails. Tecumseh's reputation grows when he saves the lives of prisoners. After their defeat at the Battle of Moraviantown and the Battle of Lake Erie, the British and their allies withdraw to Canada.

title: Part 2:  Or Leave Our Bones Upon Them

title: Part 3: So Awful A Night

overview: The 2 sides are locked in a stalemate on Lake Ontario. General Wilkinson descends the St. Lawrence River. The American advance is repulsed at the Battles of Châteauguay and Crysler's Farm. By the end of 1813, much of Canada has been laid waste by war but continues to resist the invaders.

title: Part 3: So Awful A Night

title: Part 4: And The Rocket's Red Glare

overview: There are bloody battles on the Niagara frontier. The British sail up Chesapeake Bay and burn public buildings in Washington.  But events in Europe influence the end to the conflict. Canadians, Native Americans and the still young republic of the United States feel the effects of the war for years.

title: Part 4: And The Rocket's Red Glare

overview: This four-part series takes a look at this short but intense conflict between the newly formed United States, and Canada and Great Britain.

title: War of 1812

original_title: War of 1812


title: Curious Minds: Consciousness

Season 1

title: Can Science Study Consciousness?

overview: Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. Rudy Tanzi, co-authors of Super Brain, explain why the scientific community is so reserved on the topic of consciousness.

title: Can Science Study Consciousness?

title: Is It Possible To Become Immortal?

overview: Michio Kaku, famed theoretical physicist and founder of string field theory, looks at the possibility of our consciousness existing for all eternity.

title: Is It Possible To Become Immortal?

title: Is The Universe Physical Or Just In Our Mind?

overview: Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. Rudy Tanzi, co-authors of Super Brain, theorize on whether the Universe is made up of matter or just a projection of our mind.

title: The Levels Of Consciousness

overview: Michio Kaku, famed theoretical physicist and founder of string field theory, shares his definition of consciousness.

title: The Levels Of Consciousness

title: The Human Face Of Big Data

overview: Photojournalist Rick Smolan explores the vast web of interconnected sensors that are forming a planetary central nervous system -- a global mind.

title: The Human Face Of Big Data

overview: Consciousness is at the center of human nature, but can scientists define it?

title: Curious Minds: Consciousness

original_title: Curious Minds: Consciousness


title: The Power Of Volcanos

title: Part 1: Years Without Summer

overview: An epidemic threatening Europe, traces of sulfur in Greenlandic ice and a mystery lake at the end of the world.  What has a volcanic eruption to do with it?  A lot, as it turns out.  Reconstructing the catastrophes from ancient times gives us new insight into historic events and trends.

title: Part 1: Years Without Summer

title: 无夏之年

title: Part 2: In The Shade Of Burning Mountains

overview: Today, more people than ever live in close proximity to or even on volcanoes.  While these mighty giants sleep, cities keep growing, seemingly safe.  But appearances are deceiving.....

title: 燃烧的山脉

overview: Can a local natural disaster impact the global weather, and influence the course of history?  A 6th century volcano may have done just that.

title: The Power Of Volcanos

title: 火山的力量

overview: 沉睡的火山一旦苏醒，烟尘裹挟着岩浆将对周边人类造成致命杀伤。火山爆发是否可能引起全球气候的灾难性变化，导致气温降低、作物减产和大灾荒，火山、气候和地质专家希望从历史的大破坏中吸取教训。

original_title: The Power Of Volcanos


title: Life On Us

title: Episode 1: Your Private Wildlife

overview: We will travel from the savannas of our skin to the jungles of our scalp, from the acid lakes in our stomach to the moist caves of our intestine.  Along the way, we will realize that the biodiversity on our bodies is essential to balancing our daily lives.

title: Episode 1: Your Private Wildlife

title: Episode 2: Superhuman

overview: We harbor more bacteria than we have cells, and many viruses have taken up residence in our genes.  We are now learning to harness the power of our microscopic lodgers to enhance our health in many ways, from using parasites to alleviate symptoms to managing diseases through viruses.

title: Episode 2: Superhuman

overview: Take a microscopic safari, to meet the creatures that live, compete, feed, and breed on the surface or in the depths of our bodies.

title: Life On Us

title: 人体上的生命

original_title: Life On Us


title: Curious Minds: String Theory

title: What Is String Theory?

overview: Michio Kaku, famed theoretical physicist and founder of string field theory, explains the theory of everything.

title: What Is String Theory?

title: String Theory And The Big Bang

overview: Michio Kaku, famed theoretical physicist and founder of string field theory, looks at the connection between String Theory and time.

title: String Theory And The Big Bang

overview: What is String Field Theory?  Is it really "The Theory of Everything"?

title: Curious Minds: String Theory

original_title: Curious Minds: String Theory


title: Curious Minds: Oceans

title: Do Marine Sanctuaries Protect Fish?

overview: Dan Basta, NOAA's Director of Marine Sanctuaries, examines the role of Marine Sanctuaries in preserving maritime biodiversity.

title: Do Marine Sanctuaries Protect Fish?

title: How Humans Impact The Oceans

overview: Dan Basta, NOAA's Director of Marine Sanctuaries, looks at the many ways that society is impacting the health of the oceans.

title: How Humans Impact The Oceans

title: How Will We Ever Protect The Environment?

overview: Dan Basta, NOAA's Director of Marine Sanctuaries, explains why we're unable to implement effective change towards helping protect the environment.

title: The Largest Protected Sanctuary/Monument

overview: Dan Basta, NOAA's Director of Marine Sanctuaries, tells the story of Papah Naumoku Kea, the largest protected national monument.

title: The State of Ocean Health

overview: James Delgado, Director of the Maritime Heritage Program at NOAA, describes the destructive effect that humanity is having on our oceans.

title: The State of Ocean Health

title: Uniqueness of Marine Communities

overview: James Delgado, Director of the Maritime Heritage Program at NOAA, explains the special characteristics that set apart marine communities from those found inland.

title: Uniqueness of Marine Communities

title: What Can Marine Sanctuaries Teach Us About History?

overview: Dan Basta, NOAA's Director of Marine Sanctuaries, weaves the link to our past by examining the state of the current  sanctuaries.

title: What Is A Marine Sanctuary?

overview: Dan Basta, NOAA's Director of Marine Sanctuaries, highlights some of the designated Marine Sanctuaries in the United States, and their relationship to society.

title: What Is A Marine Sanctuary?

title: What Is N.O.A.A.'s Mission?

overview: NOAA Administrator Kathryn Sullivan explains the critical role her agency plays in studying and predicting the behavior of our planet's oceans and atmosphere.

title: What Is N.O.A.A.'s Mission?

overview: Some say the oceans, not space, is the final frontier.  Are we treating the oceans with the respect and care they deserve?

title: Curious Minds: Oceans

original_title: Curious Minds: Oceans


title: Operation Grand Canyon With Dan Snow

title: Episode 1

overview: Dan Snow recreates John Wesley Powell's pioneering 1869 expedition along the Grand Canyon, traversing the Colorado rapids in replicas of the wooden boats used in the original trip.

title: Episode 2

overview: As he recreates a famous exploratory trip down the Colorado River, Dan Snow makes use of 19th-century surveying equipment as he records geological data and takes photographs with a period 3D camera as the original team did.

overview: Dan Snow is taking on a massive challenge, recreating the first ever exploration of the mighty Colorado River.

title: Operation Grand Canyon With Dan Snow

character: Himself - Presenter

original_title: Operation Grand Canyon With Dan Snow


title: Curious Minds: Pluto

title: Planet Pluto

overview: Michael Summers, Professor of Planetary Science & Astronomy at George Mason University, gives his opinion on whether or not Pluto is a planet.

title: Planet Pluto

title: Pluto's Exotic Atmosphere

overview: Michael Summers, Professor of Planetary Science & Astronomy at George Mason University, explains what makes Pluto's atmosphere the strangest in our solar system.

title: Pluto's Exotic Atmosphere

overview: Whether it is (or is not) a planet, Pluto is fascinating for astronomers.

title: Curious Minds: Pluto

original_title: Curious Minds: Pluto


title: Curious Minds:  Climate Change

title: Global Impact:  El Nino Vs. La Nina

overview: Severe weather expert Jeff Halverson explains why the El Nino and La Nina cycle have a greater impact on our weather than climate change.

title: Global Impact:  El Nino Vs. La Nina

title: Is Global Warming Producing More Tornadoes?

overview: Severe weather expert Jeff Halverson reveals if global warming is spawning more tornadoes.

title: Where Are America's Deadliest Tornadoes?

overview: Severe weather expert Jeff Halverson reveals the surprising location of America's deadliest twisters.

title: Why Do So Many Tornadoes Strike The U.S.?

overview: Severe weather expert Jeff Halverson explores why the U.S. is such a hotbed for tornadoes.

title: Will Technology Improve Weather Forecasting?

overview: Severe weather expert Jeff Halverson explores whether improved technology will continue to improve weather forecasts.

title: Could Climate Change Alter Earth's Jet Streams?

overview: Severe weather expert Jeff Halverson explains how climate change could fundamentally alter our weather patterns.

title: Global Warming And Drought In America

overview: Severe weather expert Jeff Halverson explores whether global warming will produce more severe droughts in America.

title: Global Warming And Drought In America

title: Is Climate Change Causing More Severe Weather?

overview: Severe weather expert Jeff Halverson reveals if climate change is producing more severe storms.

title: Catastrophic Consequences: Katrina And Sandy

overview: Severe weather expert Jeff Halverson reveals the root cause of high death tolls and devastation from Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy.

title: The Truth About The Polar Vortex

overview: Severe weather expert Jeff Halverson explains the likely causes and impacts of the notorious "Polar Vortex."

title: The Truth About The Polar Vortex

title: Is Global Warming Producing Stronger Hurricanes?

overview: Severe weather expert Jeff Halverson explores whether global warming is fueling more potent hurricanes.

title: Climate Change and Politics

overview: Simon Nicholson, Director of the Global Environmental Politics Program at American University, explores the dangerous political debates surrounding geoengineering and climate change.

title: Climate Change and Politics

title: Global Warming: Science vs Politics

overview: Bob Gagosian, President Emeritus of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, explores how the science of climate change became a dangerous political debate.

title: Global Warming: Science vs Politics

title: The Hidden Dangers of Warmer Oceans

overview: Bob Gagosian, President Emeritus of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, reveals some of the biggest threats from warming seas.

title: The Hidden Dangers of Warmer Oceans

title: The Growing Global Water Crisis

overview: Bob Gagosian, President Emeritus of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, explains how increasing ocean pollution could have a devastating impact on the availability of clean drinking water.

title: The Growing Global Water Crisis

title: The Growing Threats Of Rising Seas

overview: Bob Gagosian, President Emeritus of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, explains why rising seas will likely be the most devastating aspects of global climate change.

title: The Growing Threats Of Rising Seas

title: What is Climate Geoengineering?

overview: Simon Nicholson, Director of the Global Environmental Politics Program at American University, explains how several geoengineering strategies may be used as a last line of defense against climate change.

title: What is Climate Geoengineering?

title: Climate Geoengineering Risks

overview: Simon Nicholson, Director of the Global Environmental Politics Program at American University, reveals the hidden dangers of trying to geoengineer the planet to combat climate change.

title: Climate Geoengineering Risks

title: Tipping Points of Climate Change

overview: Simon Nicholson, Director of the Global Environmental Politics Program at American University, explores whether humanity will be able to avoid crossing some of the tipping points that could lead to catastrophic climate change.

title: Tipping Points of Climate Change

overview: More extreme weather and more intense weather -- is this our new reality with climate change?  Experts weigh in on what's to come.

title: Curious Minds:  Climate Change

original_title: Curious Minds:  Climate Change


title: The Ultimate Formula

title: Part 1

overview: For over a century, physicists have searched for a blueprint of the universe in the form of a single mathematical formula. Through interviews with Nobel Prize-winning physicists, we look at the fascinating and dramatic story of the search for the ultimate formula.

title: Part 1

title: Part 2

overview: Physicists believe that discovering a formula explaining the center of black holes would unravel the mystery of the universe -– how the universe came to be. This is the story of physicists like Einstein, Hawking and the superstring theorists who look for the origins of the universe.

title: Part 2

overview: With the discovery of the Higgs boson, is the ultimate formula almost within our grasp?  Have scientists found the basis of "Everything"?

title: The Ultimate Formula

original_title: The Ultimate Formula