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Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A fascinating BBC Natural History series that follows host and wildlife expert Iolo Williams as he explores the behaviour of birds. This ground breaking series reveals every aspect of their lives from surviving harsh winters to avoiding deadly predators. Offering a visual treat of stunning landscapes and captivating wildlife behaviour, this series provides perfect family entertainment educating and enthralling in equal measure.
3) Lethal seas
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
A deadly recipe threatens the survival of countless creatures throughout Earth's ocean: carbon dioxide. With carbon emissions sharply rising, the silent killer is entering the seas at a staggering rate, raising the oceans' acidity. As a result, the skeletons and shells of marine creatures that form the foundation of the web of life are dissolving. Can experts crack the code of a rapidly changing ocean before it is too late?
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Discover the thrilling story of how people are made, from the moment of conception to the moment of birth 280 days later. Follow the gestation process, the most exquisite biological choreography found in nature. Using the latest research and advances in medicine, we can reveal this hidden world in forensic detail. Zeroing in on milestones along the road to creation; where critical events can change people's life.
Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Everyone has an inner nerd just waiting to be awakened by the right passion. Bill Nye will help you find yours. Here Bill shows you how to develop critical thinking skills and create change, using his "everything all at once" approach that leaves no stone unturned. Whether addressing climate change, the future of our society as a whole, personal success, or stripping away the mystery of fire walking, there are certain strategies that get results:...
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Exploring topics from gravity to poverty, these ten episodes set out on scientific quests for the long-sought answers to man's most puzzling questions. Does the ocean think? Is a zombie apocalypse possible? Is there such thing as a shadow universe? And just when did time begin? Quantum physicists, biologists, statisticians, neuroscientists, and more of the world's greatest minds take a synergistic approach to provide practical answers and pose even...
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
The source of the earth's great variety of animals was a scientific mystery until Charles Darwin proposed the idea of natural selection. Nova presents breakthroughs in a new science nicknamed "evo devo" that are linking the enigma of origins to another of nature's mysteries, the development of embryos.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Twenty-five years ago, NASA launched one of the most ambitious experiments in the history of astronomy: the Hubble Space Telescope. This single telescope has helped astronomers pinpoint the age of the universe, revealed the birthplace of stars, and uncovered black holes lurking at the heart of galaxies. In honor of its anniversary, Nova tells the remarkable story that forever changed our understanding of the cosmos and our place in it.
Publisher
Distributed by Cinedigm Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Continues to gather the greatest scientific minds in an attempt to answer some of the most fascinating questions of our existence. With over seven hours of mind-bending information, these ten episodes take a huge scientific step toward replacing philosophical theories with cold, hard facts and real-life applications.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Looks inside the DARPA Robotics Challenge, a national competition in the design of rescue robots. Examines recent advances in the development of robots instilled with human skills. Offers speculation upon ways in which robots will become part of everyday life and the impact they will have on the job market.
13) The bomb
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of the most powerful and destructive device ever invented. With newly restored footage, go behind the scenes of the first atomic bomb, revealing how it was developed and how it changed the planet. Examine the choices society has made since 1945, and continues to make, to live with an invention that could destroy the planet.
15) Horse
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
An introduction to horses that explores the history and varieties of horses, and the links between horses and humankind.
16) Pluto and beyond
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When the New Horizons spacecraft whizzed by Pluto in 2015, Earthlings were dazzled by the breathtaking images it beamed home. They revealed a never-before-seen alien landscape - a world of mountains made of ice mixed with plains of frozen-solid methane and nitrogen. After over two years of poring over the data, NASA has made remarkable new discoveries about everyone's favorite dwarf planet. But New Horizons didn't stop there.
17) Nature tech
Publisher
Smithsonian Networks
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Language
English
Description
In Earth's 4-billion-year history, from the highest mountain to the deepest ocean, nature has solved all of life's problems. Evolution is the ultimate inventor and many of man's most clever engineering solutions have exact counterparts in nature. Biomimetics is the evolving science of looking to nature for answers to modern problems, often in unexpected ways. Investigates how flies improve search and rescue; termite feces helps builders; pine cones...
Publisher
Distributed by Gaiam Americas, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Explore the edges of space and time with Morgan Freeman as your guide in Through The Wormhole. Ten thought-provoking episodes comprise Season Three. Viewers will hold in their hands answers to some of the world's greatest mysteries.
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