In the 1950's, Havana shines as a vibrant metropolis, but is secretly controlled by the American mafia who subject most Cubans to poverty; Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries enter Havana and end U.S. dominance on the island in 1959.

Rum & Revolution: History of Havana

When a sudden summer storm unleashes chaos across Central Europe, every creature's survival instincts are tested; witness incredible animal adaptations and strategies in the face of lightning, hail and downpours intensified by a changing climate.

The Storm: Wildlife in Wild Weather

Former motorcycle champions Ben and Eric Bostrom challenge motorcycle builders.

Naked Speed

The trees' canopy holds its biggest animal diversity. Birds nest and feed, squirrels forage, insects build nesting chambers, and battle for mates.

High Life: Forest Canopy

Aviation guests join Dan and Christy for the best in hangar talk.

Best of In The Hangar

Covering JAXA's Hayabusa 2 mission and how the team accomplished the first touchdown.

Space Phenomena

Amazonian parrots adapt to life in unlikely places all over the world such as Stuttgart, Germany, with its winter weather.

Planet Parrot

The F4U Corsair was an iconic and versatile fighter-bomber in both World War II and Korea. Could a modern jet live up to that reputation? The Vietnam-era A7 Corsair was designed more for an attack role than its namesake, but it's just as successful.

The Last Corsairs

An exploration of both historical and modern day aeronautical achievements, from the Wright Brothers' first flight to the Boeing 787, as well as looking towards the future of aviation.

The Amazing World of Aviation

Examining how renewed excitement about returning to the moon could lead to a colony.

Return to the Moon

The untold story of how a Scottish king tried to drive the English out of Ireland in 1315.

After Braveheart

For thousands of years, big cats were revered as gods and symbols of power. Today, habitat loss and cultural distance threaten their survival, pushing humanity's ancient bond with these predators to a breaking point.

Dethroned

The story of the fall of the world's most glorious, most powerful and most ancient monarchy and of the people's revolt that tore apart a nation and continent balanced between hope and war.

The French Revolution

Ten years after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant following the megaquake and megatsunami.

Radioactive Forest: 10 Years After

Taking a deeper look and exploring the history of some of the developments in the disciplines of physics, astronomy and a wide array of other sciences.

Breakthrough

Introducing people to several visually appealing experiments designed to blow minds.

Oddly Satisfying Science

On Malaysia's Sipadan Island, one of the most biodiverse places on the planet, is a great coral city that is home to millions of organisms who must navigate daily life.

A Day on the Reef: Sipadan

Reliving some of the most iconic moments in recent history that shaped politics, film, crime, science, celebrity, the arts, and more.

The Year That Rocked the World

Circling the globe on a 5-part epic that connects the dots between the giants of the natural world, past and present.

Giants

Exploring passion for music and how the human brain uses music to create experience.

My Music Brain

Edward Hermann narrates a chronicle of the step-by-step escalation of the rebellion.

Stories of courage capture the beauty of high school sports on and off the field.

Why We Play

Steven Raichlen explores the rich flavors of smoked food.

Steven Raichlen's Project Smoke

Neuroscientist Dr. Jack Lewis gives fascinating insight into how the brain works.

Secrets of the Brain

Renowned chef Kate Hill cooks through regions of France with French wine.

Cooking with Wine

Manganese nodules are sought as a new source of iron, but they lie deep on the floor of Pacific Ocean.

Gold Rush in the Deep Sea

Commercial beekeepers deal with Colony Collapse Disorder that is threatening the world food supply and the livelihoods of apiarist.

The Last Beekeeper

Classic Cars

Three tribute artists, Lance Lipinsky, Bobby Brooks and Ted Torres, embark on a cross-country tour performing.

Almost Almost Famous

Neuroscientist David Eagleman explores why humans feel and think.

The Brain With David Eagleman

The Ancient Egyptians built canals and irrigation systems to harness the Nile's life-giving waters, allowing them not just to survive but to thrive in the desert.

Ancient Engineering: Egypt

The burst of the enormous tulip bubble in 1637 Netherlands serves as reminder of how quickly financial holdings and futures can rise or drop.

The Tulip Bubble

The year 2023 stood as one of Earth and space's most remarkable; exploring 2023's space missions for a hyper-tour from Sol, to Jupiter and beyond and all the wondrous natural phenomena in between.

2023: A Space Odyssey

Comparing the best airplanes from all over the world; each episode takes a look at the top five in a specific category.

Five By Five

Most visitors to the U.K. head for London, maybe Stonehenge or ancient cities, but for its tiny size, Britain has surprisingly rich and diverse wild places and wildlife hidden from view unless they are sought out.

Hidden UK

Discovering the ambitious work of cities that could be destroyed by what created them: water.

Saving Our Cities

Observe the natural and human forces that have shaped Ningaloo Reef, Cape Range and Exmouth Gulf with Tim, Traditional Owners and other experts; check out a million-year-old fossil reef, a gargantuan fish and a ray that packs quite a punch.

Ningaloo: Australia's Ocean Wonder

See and hear nature from around the world.

Big Picture Earth: Natural Sound

Exploring how to eat like different legendary figures from history.

Eat Like

Following the everyday lives of prairie dogs, howler monkeys and rattlesnakes as they harness the power of sound to protect themselves.

The Power of Sound

Witnessing how technological visions become reality with the largest container ship.

Container Ship XXL

In the communities neighboring the Florida Everglades, young men pursue their dreams of NFL stardom.

4th and Forever: Muck City

Professor McCarthy discusses the power of the Stonewall riots- what preceded it, what happened during it, what came after it.

The Stonewall Riots Explained: The Power and Problem

An unforgettable expedition across the diverse landscapes of Africa, exploring the fascinating lives of the inhabitants.

Wild Kingdoms

A fascia is a sheet of connective tissue under the skin, surrounding muscles, bones, or joints.

Fascia: Secrets Under the Skin

A six-part series filmed across North America, Europe, and Australia focusing on the most exciting disciplines in popular science today.

Forging the Future

China at the forefront of engineering: from the Great Wall that defined and protected its borders, to crossbows, clocks, and gunpowder, its engineers left a legacy that still resonates.

Ancient Engineering: China

Businessman Dan Rosensweig and financial expert Danetha Doe help struggling young adults improve their financial situations and escape from student debt.

Going From Broke

Homicide detective Rod Demery and scientist Professor Turi King investigate history's intriguing murders to find long-lost killers.

Ancient Murders Unearthed

The filmmaker sheds light on Cecil, a massive lion from Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe; he was being studied by researchers at Oxford before being killed by Walter Palmer, a dentist; the demise sparked global outrage.

Cecil: The Legacy of a King

A Closer Look

The area around the Earth is full of blind spots, unexpected visitors, hidden dangers, and potential cosmic treasures; this scientific quest examines the origins of a mysterious asteroid that some have called the "other moon."

Search for Earth's Lost Moon

Taking a fun look at impractical applications of very practical sustainability science.

Silly Sustainability

Paleontologist Steve Brusatte recounts the origin, dominance and extinction of the dinosaurs, then shares intriguing highlights from his research-including fossil discoveries from new dinosaur species.

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: Four Surprising New Discoveries

The search for the substance that physicists and astronomers believe holds the universe together.

The Hunt for Dark Matter

Legally blind filmmaker James Rath explores accessibility, technology, and what it's like to truly travel without barriers.

Blindspots

Packing their wing-suits and base-jumping gear, action sports friends travel to all corners of the planet to push the limits of human flight.

Modern Explorers

Archaeologists uncover the mysteries of South America's most ancient civilizations.

Chachapoya: Solving the Mystery of a Lost Civilization

Recent scientific discoveries shed new light on the extraordinary prehistory of big cats.

Age of Big Cats

In 2017, the earth, moon and sun aligned in two solar eclipses that cast watchers into total darkness.

Eclipse: Science and Awe

For centuries, diamonds have been symbols of power. Maharajahs, Kings, Queens and Emperors made them emblems of royal authority. Today they are still synonymous with wealth and status. Buy one and you buy its history too. For better or for worse....

Loot: The Power of Diamonds

Examining the Japanese space probe Hayabusa 2 and its intricate mission to land on an asteroid.

Asteroids: The Source of Life?

A look at how French citizens helped saved Jews during the Holocaust.

Silent Saviors

Merapi, the Fire Mountain of Java in Indonesia, has a crack that has suddenly wound its way through the center of the volcano.

Java in Jeopardy: Exploring the Volcano

Steven Raichlen's follow-up to "Barbecue University" guides aspiring grillmasters to the next level with an assortment of all-new recipes (including vegetarian entrées) and the latest tricks and techniques.

Primal Grill With Steven Raichlen

Exploring some unsolved mysteries from the two World Wars, from platoons that vanished, to alien war machines.

World War Weird

Michael Enright, an illegal US immigrant, rose to fame in Hollywood and then did something most of us would never dream of doing.

Heval

The fascinating stories of accidental and surprise inventions that have transformed lives.

Oops I Changed the World

By means of archive images and interviews with experts, take a behind-the-scenes look at the true stories of war innovations and secrets.

Stories of War

Journey back to primeval Earth in the age of dinosaurs for new findings and puzzling discoveries about their evolution and extinction.

Amazing Dinoworld 2

Attacks that provoked tensions and affected the course of world history, including the assassinations of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and President John F. Kennedy.

Fatal Shot

In a fun twist on sustainability, Andy from the YouTube channel 'How To Make Everything' tests if he can use clippings from mowing his lawn to create fuel that powers the very lawnmower he uses to do so.

Can You Power a Lawnmower With Grass?

Examining a mountainous region best known for pandas and earthquakes, there are no roads, no cars, no buses, only one narrow gauge steam railway in China.

China's Last Little Train

The Singularity, or the arrival of superhuman intelligence, has been described as both the rapture of the nerds and inevitable; futurist and philosopher, Jason Silva, explores the ways in which this radical transformation may occur through biotechnology, nanotechnology and artificial intelligence.

Jason Silva: The Road to the Singularity

Top Science reveals all the news-breaking advances in science and technology from 2022; startling discoveries from around the globe, from a black hole photographed in the Milky Way to flying cars.

2077 - 10 Seconds to the Future

Thanksgiving for most begins with a turkey, but the huge, comical birds are not the only animals associated with the season.

Animals of Thanksgiving

The three leading theories on dark matter and its role in the cosmos are explored.

Dark Secrets of the Cosmos

Capt. Frank Worsley signs on as captain of the Endurance to navigate to Antarctica.

Shackleton's Captain

What Went Wrong?

Ricky Martin makes art with his friends, showing how the pieces can be made at home using simple equipment.

Art Ninja

The whole story of the Murder of Meredith Kercher and the subsequent incrimination of Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito and Rudy Guede can be told.

The Amanda Knox Saga

Examining the ideas, policies and events that shaped the conquest of the West.

Conflict and Conquest in the American West

The long-range Mach three Rapier was born, and as one of the missing Century Series fighters, the XF-108 interceptor had great promise.

XF-108: The Rapier

Marine biologist and filmmaker Rick Rosenthal dives below the surface and reveals the surprising cognitive skills of whales.

Whale Wisdom

New Zealand From A Train

Nothing changed the world more than the process of domestication; once humans found they could shape the environment and control the foods they grew, they gave up a nomadic hunter/gatherer lifestyle and became farmers.

Animals That Changed History

Life forms that lived in the Permian, Triassic and Cretaceous periods, which began 250 million years ago.

Ancient Earth

In 1972, a new legal standard for mental health commitment emerged from a Milwaukee lawsuit to become the law of the land; unfortunately, it has proven to be tragically inadequate.

Imminent Danger

Powerful Genes: The Miracle of Human Adaptation

Exploring the evolution of bridges and how they have impacted history and people's lives.

The World of Bridges

Once thought to be mermaids, beautiful sirens that could lure sailors to their deaths, the blubber butts are actually gentle giants.

Manatees On The Move

The science, history, culture and lore behind food that inspires and sustains people.

The History of Food

Undeterred by setback, the Miles brothers press on after the war and try to overcome economic hurdles to keep their company and the Aerovan alive.

The Remarkable Aerovan

Professor Thomas Cronin explains how animals experience the world visually, whether what they see impacts their place in nature, and how their place in nature is impacted by what they see.

What Animals See

A look at the state-of-the-art technology that exposes the world that lights up at night.

The Making of David Attenborough's Light on Earth

On a journey to far-off islands and discovering the birds who lived alongside ancestors.

The Mystery of the Giant Birds

Loaded with mind-blowing factoids and stats, entertaining expert interviews, and infographics injected with cheeky humor.

History by the Numbers

The filmmakers shed light on young ice skaters who undergo rigorous training to compete in winter games while balancing their personal lives.

Ice Stars

The American Dream was built on producing, marketing and selling ever more products to consumers; now, capitalism's holy grail is collecting and monetizing personal data.

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