72 Cutest Animals will count down the list of the cutest animals in the world. Visually stunning, packed with scientific facts, this series will highlight all of the animals on the list through interviews with those that work, play and love these beautiful creatures.
The Congo: more powerful and dangerous than any other river, yet a sanctuary and home for some of the most wonderful creatures on our Earth. Wild Congo follows the second largest river on Earth from its source in Zambia on its journey through marshland areas and rainforests. The Congo's journey stretches over a distance of 5,000 kilometres, starting as a small stream and developing into a raging river that engulfs everything in its path. Biologists consider it to be the cradle of evolution: an experimental location for the emergence of new species! The shoebill, elephant fish and blind eel are just a few examples of the wildlife of the Congo and its astounding ability to adapt. Being separated by the water masses of the Congo River has also enabled our closest relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, to develop completely different social systems, with violence and oppression reigning on...
With unprecedented access to all facets of this mega facility, the series follows some of the 60,000 staff working hard to keep it safe, secure, and on schedule. Season two follows the renovation of both the airport's runways – a tricky enterprise that has the airport operating using only one runway for several months with huge pressure to finish the build on time. The series will be at the heart of passenger operations, customs, the control tower and flight services to see how the teams cope during a particularly stressful and demanding time.
Using a series of experiments, illusions and man-on-the-street demonstrations, host Jason Silva and guest experts unlock the science behind the mysteries of why we say, eat, feel and act as we do with episodes on topics ranging from memory and common sense, to morality and the paranormal. Through an intricate series of interactive experiments designed to mess with your mind, we reveal the inner-workings of your brain. Hailed by critics as "tremendous fun" that "makes science entertaining," Brain Games turns your mind's eye inwards for a fascinating journey into the three and a half pounds of tissue that makes you... you. S6 E1 - Positive Thinking S6 E2 - Scams S6 E3 - Sleep S6 E4 - Perspective S6 E5 - Animals vs. Human S6 E6 - Imagination
这是一个微缩版的虫虫世界。每个故事的主角都是小昆虫,在5分钟的时间里,通篇没有一句语言和对白,以纪录片的风格描述虫虫们的生态环境,同时又演绎出了生动幽默的故事来。爱欺负人的瓢虫、遵守交通规则的蜜蜂、喊口令成群出动的蚂蚁们、坚持不懈滚着方形便便球的屎壳郎、幻想能快速飞驰的蜗牛、破茧成蝶的可爱毛毛虫等等,这些小昆虫的形象不仅让人眼前一亮,而且个性鲜明,也让观众看起来津津乐道…… Minuscule系列一共只出版了三张DVD,也是两个年轻法国艺术家Thomas Szabo和Hélène Giraud的优秀动画作品集。其中,场景和声音效果都是采用现实中真实的东西,而小昆虫和小动物则是用三维动画技术设计出来的,不光小孩子们非常喜欢,也俘获了大人们的喜爱。该系列作品曾获得2007年所有年龄组最佳电视系列片(Best TV series for all ages)的Pulcinella奖。