EXP Shkence programme guide

The vaquita, the world’s smallest whale, is near extinction as its habitat is destroyed by Mexican cartels and Chinese mafia, who harvest the swim bladder of the totoaba fish, the ”cocaine of the sea.” Environmental activists, Mexican navy and undercover investigators are fighting back against this illegal multi-million-dollar business.

Year

2019

Rated 12+

12+

• Documentary
• crime
• history

This program describes the detective work and evidence for the generally accepted causes of two of the five mass extinctions, the KT and Permian. Then follows a diatribe on the speculation that human civilization may cause the six...

Year

2014

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary
• documentary

Mythbusters takes myths, tall tales and urban legends and gives them the scientific treatment to determine their validity. Myths are proved true, probable, possible, improbable or busted. Often after the real-world practical tests have proved or debunked a Myth, the team will take the experiment to the extreme, many times using more modern technology than the myth could have used or upping the black powder for impressive explosions.

Original title

MythBusters 1107 Wheel Of Mythfortune

Year

2003

Rated 10+

10+

• mystery
• reality show
• scientific show

After an extreme start to the race, TV presenter Ben Fogle, Olympian James Cracknell and doctor Ed Coats recover at the halfway checkpoint after arriving in second place, just behind their race rivals the Norwegians. They’re checked over by the race doctor and given the all-clear to start again after 24 hours’ enforced rest. The team heads out hot on the heels of the Norwegians. They start well, racing hard in the face of temperatures that drop to -40 deg C and below. Within days the extreme conditions take a dangerous toll on the team, with both Ben and James succumbing to frostbite. On a particularly hard and cold day they break down completely. James is almost at the point of no return, and the team stops early and takes a serious review of the situation. They depart again, but only to find themselves in every polar explorer’s worst nightmare: a crevasse field. With each step they risk falling through the thin snow bridges that conceal hidden danger beneath. They have no choice but to carry on - their only escape route is to reach the South Pole as quickly as possible. After another nine days of brutal and unrelenting man-hauling they reach the finish line, exhausted and on their last legs. They’ve achieved their dream - to race to the South Pole as a team of three.

Year

2009

• Documentary

NOVA returns one last time to get an update on the seven doctors they’ve documented since 1987.

Year

2009

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary

NOVA returns one last time to get an update on the seven doctors they’ve documented since 1987.

Year

2009

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary

An examination of the limits of forensic science in the American justice system.

Year

2012

Rated 15+

15+

• Informative

Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole will explore the deepest mysteries of existence - the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. What are we made of? What was there before the beginning? Are we really alone? Is there a creator? These questions have been pondered by the most exquisite minds of the human race. Now, science has evolved to the point where hard facts and evidence may be able to provide us with answers instead of philosophical theories. Through the Wormhole will bring together the brightest minds and best ideas from the very edges of science - Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Quantum Mechanics, String Theory, and more - to reveal the extraordinary truth of our Universe.

Original title

S4E4 - Through the Wormhole - How Do Aliens Think

Year

2010

• Documentary
• nature
• science fiction
• scientific show

Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole will explore the deepest mysteries of existence - the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. What are we made of? What was there before the beginning? Are we really alone? Is there a creator? These questions have been pondered by the most exquisite minds of the human race. Now, science has evolved to the point where hard facts and evidence may be able to provide us with answers instead of philosophical theories. Through the Wormhole will bring together the brightest minds and best ideas from the very edges of science - Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Quantum Mechanics, String Theory, and more - to reveal the extraordinary truth of our Universe.

Original title

S4E5 - Through the Wormhole - Will Sex Become Extinct

Year

2010

• Documentary
• nature
• science fiction
• scientific show

Science and mythology - and how they are the same thing.

Year

2009

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary
• history
• science fiction
• thriller

• Series

Beginning in Ethiopia, Professor Brian Cox discovers how the universe played a key role in our ascent from apeman to spaceman by driving the expansion of our brains. But big brains alone did not get us to space. To reveal what did, Brian heads out of Africa to the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, where he unpicks the next part of our story - the birth of civilisation - and then on to Kazakhstan, where he witnesses the return of astronauts from space and explains what took us from civilisation to the stars.

Year

2014

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary
• family

A documentary series that looks to explore the big questions of today.

Year

2018

• Documentary
• documentary

A documentary series that looks to explore the big questions of today.

Year

2018

• Documentary
• documentary

What are you curious about? Whatever it is, it’s likely this unprecedented event series created by Discovery founder John Hendricks has it covered. Spanning five years with 60 episodes and companion content across Discovery’s networks, ”Curiosity” uncovers the truths behind life’s most challenging questions, with each episode focusing on a single enduring question in science, technology and society. From the macro to the micro, provocative and insightful subjects are explored to the fullest, a journey for answers undertaken by a different celebrity host every episode. The series premieres with astrophysicist Stephen Hawking renewing the centuries-old debate, ”Did God Create the Universe.” Other hosts include actors Morgan Freeman, Michelle Rodriguez, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Robin Williams and Discovery Channel personalities Adam Savage and Mike Rowe.

Original title

Curiosity Megastorm

Year

2011

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary

What are you curious about? Whatever it is, it’s likely this unprecedented event series created by Discovery founder John Hendricks has it covered. Spanning five years with 60 episodes and companion content across Discovery’s networks, ”Curiosity” uncovers the truths behind life’s most challenging questions, with each episode focusing on a single enduring question in science, technology and society. From the macro to the micro, provocative and insightful subjects are explored to the fullest, a journey for answers undertaken by a different celebrity host every episode. The series premieres with astrophysicist Stephen Hawking renewing the centuries-old debate, ”Did God Create the Universe.” Other hosts include actors Morgan Freeman, Michelle Rodriguez, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Robin Williams and Discovery Channel personalities Adam Savage and Mike Rowe.

Original title

Curiosity Science Of Crucifixion aka The Riddle Of The Crucifixion

Year

2011

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary

Explore the science, innovation and sheer genius it takes to transform the most basic ingredients into powerhouse machines.

Original title

Raw To Ready 101 Bentley

Year

2013

Rated 10+

10+

• Series
• history

Terra Incognita is a feature length documentary film and companion civic engagement campaign featuring the story of Dr. Jack Kessler, the current chair of Northwestern University’s Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurological Sciences, and his daughter, Allison, an undergraduate student at Harvard University. When Kessler was invited to head up the Neurology Department at Northwestern, his focus was on using stem cells to help cure diabetes. However, soon after his move to Chicago, Allison -- then age 15, was injured in a skiing accident and paralyzed from the waist down. In the moments following the accident, Dr. Kessler made the decision to change the focus of his research to begin looking for a cure for spinal cord injuries using embryonic stem cells. Through Kessler’s story, we bring the stem cell debate to the public for discussion. The film follows the constantly evolving interplay between the promise of new discoveries, the controversy of modern science and the resilience and courage of people living every day with devastating disease and injury.

Year

2007

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary
• documentary

Terra Incognita is a feature length documentary film and companion civic engagement campaign featuring the story of Dr. Jack Kessler, the current chair of Northwestern University’s Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurological Sciences, and his daughter, Allison, an undergraduate student at Harvard University. When Kessler was invited to head up the Neurology Department at Northwestern, his focus was on using stem cells to help cure diabetes. However, soon after his move to Chicago, Allison -- then age 15, was injured in a skiing accident and paralyzed from the waist down. In the moments following the accident, Dr. Kessler made the decision to change the focus of his research to begin looking for a cure for spinal cord injuries using embryonic stem cells. Through Kessler’s story, we bring the stem cell debate to the public for discussion. The film follows the constantly evolving interplay between the promise of new discoveries, the controversy of modern science and the resilience and courage of people living every day with devastating disease and injury.

Year

2007

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary
• documentary

In the 1870s, when Western Union offers a cash prize to anyone who can improve its network, two daring inventors go head-to-head in a fight that will forever change the way humans connect.

Original title

S1E5 - The Machines That Built America

Year

2021

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary
• history

What Happens When Our Medicine Stops Working? We are in a war against really smart bugs. The rise of antibiotic resistance and super-bugs is real. Antibiotics might be the keystone of modern medicine, but in the very near future they’ll stop working. It’s 2015. When we get sick we know we can reach for the antibiotics and everything will be fine. Take antibiotics out of the equation and we lurch back 200 years. In the nineteenth century a trip to hospital was often a death sentence. Modern medicine was born with penicillin, but now the antibiotic era is coming to a close. In less than a century, our modern miracle has been beaten into submission by the very bacteria it was designed to knock out. This is a documentary about the future of medicine. The antibiotic apocalypse is looming. We enter the world of everyday kiwis and talk to microbiologists and doctors, to explore what has gone wrong, what steps are being taken to plan for the future, and just how much risk we face.

Year

2017

• Documentary

James May and the Man Lab crew set out build, solve, invent and generally do manly things.

Original title

S2E1 - James Mays Man Lab

Year

2010

• Documentary

A history of the telescope and a look at the James Webb telescope. A fascinating look at the universe through the eyes of scientists and telescopes since the beginning.

Year

2016

• Documentary
• documentary