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- Science documentaries about various topics.
- This educational show explores many scientific questions and topics about the universe (Big Bang, the Sun, the planets, black holes, other galaxies, astrobiology etc.) through latest CGI, data and interviews with scientists.
- Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers.
- Uncover the complicated truth behind our sense of taste.
- Former NASA chief scientist Waleed Abdalati explores the potential of citizen science and crowdsourcing in the digital age and the challenges facing them. Whether it's tracking air and water pollution at fracking sites or using apps to fight mosquito-borne diseases, everyday people can now be active participants in effecting change.
- 2008 was a year in which Earth was in the news every day, news related to the most horrific violence to the most outstanding beauty. The scientific advances shown help us realize what is happening to our world.
- 2005–TV EpisodeBird Brains - Clues to the origins of human language are turning up in the brains of birds. Space Storms - Behind the dazzling display of the aurora borealis are space storms that could turn the lights off here on Earth. Profile: Yoky Matsuoka - A former tennis prodigy aims to create advanced prosthetic limbs controlled by human thought. Smart Bridges - Can we engineer bridges that tell us what's wrong with them before it's too late?
- 2005–8.4 (6)TV EpisodeFeatured segments include: the future of hydrogen fuel cell cars, the discovery of medical potential within a petunia, a fast moving glacier and what it says about global warming, and a profile of brothers and mathematicians Gregory and David Chudnovsky.
- Take a high performance ride through the formation of the third planet from the Sun, Earth. A survivor of one of the most violent "neighborhoods" in the universe, learn how earth was created and discover what creatures hold clues to how life began.
- 20,000 volunteers across the U.S. measure precipitation. When extreme weather hits, this data turns into life-saving alerts. Mappers worldwide update information used by first responders after the Nepal earthquake. A new project, EyesOnALZ, enlists the crowd to add research on Alzheimer's disease. D.I.Y. enthusiasts from Public Lab map the BP oil spill and watchdog pollution.
- Citizen scientists track air and water pollution at fracking sites using techniques developed by the "Bucket Brigade." Volunteers monitor water quality regularly, generating baseline data. Community members connected with professional researchers to tackle Flint's drinking water crisis. In China, citizens use government data and a unique mobile app to report environmental crimes.
- Sensors on asthma inhalers generate real-time maps of environmental dangers to help patients, physicians and disease detectives. Citizens confront air pollution and rising asthma rates by collecting traffic data. Citizens fight mosquito-borne diseases with apps. Medic Mobile develops software to give phones the capability to help community health workers improve maternal and child health.
- EARTH FROM SPACE is a groundbreaking two-hour special that reveals a spectacular new space-based vision of our planet.
- Scientists around the world strive for a better understanding of the workings of the weather and climate machine known as Earth.