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HotStream.org » BBC http://hotstream.org Enjoy Watching! Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:47:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Horizon – The Secret You http://hotstream.org/1067/horizon-the-secret-you/ http://hotstream.org/1067/horizon-the-secret-you/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:17:38 +0000 admin http://hotstream.org/?p=1067 With the help of a hammer-wielding scientist, Jennifer Aniston and a general anaesthetic, Professor Marcus du Sautoy goes in search of answers to one of science’s greatest mysteries: how do we know who we are? While the thoughts that make us feel as though we know ourselves are easy to experience, they are notoriously difficult [...] Related posts:

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With the help of a hammer-wielding scientist, Jennifer Aniston and a general anaesthetic, Professor Marcus du Sautoy goes in search of answers to one of science’s greatest mysteries: how do we know who we are? While the thoughts that make us feel as though we know ourselves are easy to experience, they are notoriously difficult [...] Related posts:

The Boy With The Incredible Brain http://hotstream.org/957/the-boy-with-the-incredible-brain/ http://hotstream.org/957/the-boy-with-the-incredible-brain/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:08:21 +0000 admin http://hotstream.org/?p=957 This is the breathtaking story of Daniel Tammet. A twenty-something with extraordinary mental abilities, Daniel is one of the world’s few savants. He can do calculations to 100 decimal places in his head, and learn a language in a week. This documentary follows Daniel as he travels to America to meet the scientists who are [...] Related posts:

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This is the breathtaking story of Daniel Tammet. A twenty-something with extraordinary mental abilities, Daniel is one of the world’s few savants. He can do calculations to 100 decimal places in his head, and learn a language in a week. This documentary follows Daniel as he travels to America to meet the scientists who are [...] Related posts:

Deep Blue http://hotstream.org/913/deep-blue/ http://hotstream.org/913/deep-blue/#comments Sat, 01 Jan 2011 03:10:31 +0000 admin http://hotstream.org/?p=913 Deep Blue is an epic cinematic roller coaster ride whose images will mesmerise viewers with their beauty and stun them with their grandeur. Intensifying the film’s impact is a new, full orchestral score composed specifically for Deep Blue by five-time Oscar nominee George Fenton (Gandhi, Cry Freedom) and recorded by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – [...] Related posts:

BBC Planet Earth – Caves

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Deep Blue is an epic cinematic roller coaster ride whose images will mesmerise viewers with their beauty and stun them with their grandeur. Intensifying the film’s impact is a new, full orchestral score composed specifically for Deep Blue by five-time Oscar nominee George Fenton (Gandhi, Cry Freedom) and recorded by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – [...] Related posts:

BBC Planet Earth – Caves

Secret Life Of Your Body Clock http://hotstream.org/856/horizon-secret-life-of-your-body-clock/ http://hotstream.org/856/horizon-secret-life-of-your-body-clock/#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 01:20:26 +0000 admin http://hotstream.org/?p=856 Why are you more likely to have a heart attack at eight o’clock in the morning or crash your car on the motorway at two o’clock in the afternoon? Can taking your medication at the right time of day really save your life? And have you ever wondered why teenagers will not get out of [...] Related posts:

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Why are you more likely to have a heart attack at eight o’clock in the morning or crash your car on the motorway at two o’clock in the afternoon? Can taking your medication at the right time of day really save your life? And have you ever wondered why teenagers will not get out of [...] Related posts:

Why Do We Talk? http://hotstream.org/851/why-do-we-talk/ http://hotstream.org/851/why-do-we-talk/#comments Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:07:55 +0000 admin http://hotstream.org/?p=851 Talking is something that is unique to humans, yet it still remains a mystery. Scientists beginning to unlock the secrets of speech – including a father who is filming every second of his son’s first three years in order to discover how we learn to talk, the autistic savant who can speak more than 20 [...] Related posts:

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Talking is something that is unique to humans, yet it still remains a mystery. Scientists beginning to unlock the secrets of speech – including a father who is filming every second of his son’s first three years in order to discover how we learn to talk, the autistic savant who can speak more than 20 [...] Related posts:

Is Everything We Know About The Universe Wrong? http://hotstream.org/832/is-everything-we-know-about-the-universe-wrong-2/ http://hotstream.org/832/is-everything-we-know-about-the-universe-wrong-2/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:28:19 +0000 admin http://hotstream.org/?p=832 There’s something very odd going on in space – something that shouldn’t be possible. It is as though vast swathes of the universe are being hoovered up by a vast and unseen celestial vacuum cleaner. Sasha Kaslinsky, the scientist who discovered the phenomenon, is understandably nervous: ‘It left us quite unsettled and jittery’ he says, [...] Related posts:

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There’s something very odd going on in space – something that shouldn’t be possible. It is as though vast swathes of the universe are being hoovered up by a vast and unseen celestial vacuum cleaner. Sasha Kaslinsky, the scientist who discovered the phenomenon, is understandably nervous: ‘It left us quite unsettled and jittery’ he says, [...] Related posts:

Time – Daytime http://hotstream.org/612/time-daytime/ http://hotstream.org/612/time-daytime/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:05:38 +0000 admin http://hotstream.org/?p=612 We humans seem to run to the beat of time, often without being aware of how this is the case or how our perception of it may differ from another person’s, from nature’s rhythms or from our own internal clock. In the first episode of the series, string theory pioneer Michio Kaku witnesses one of [...] Related posts:

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We humans seem to run to the beat of time, often without being aware of how this is the case or how our perception of it may differ from another person’s, from nature’s rhythms or from our own internal clock. In the first episode of the series, string theory pioneer Michio Kaku witnesses one of [...] Related posts:

The Secret Life of Chaos http://hotstream.org/553/the-secret-life-of-chaos/ http://hotstream.org/553/the-secret-life-of-chaos/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:22:11 +0000 admin http://hotstream.org/?p=553 Chaos theory has a bad name, conjuring up images of unpredictable weather, economic crashes and science gone wrong. But there is a fascinating and hidden side to Chaos, one that scientists are only now beginning to understand. It turns out that chaos theory answers a question that mankind has asked for millennia – how did [...] Related posts:

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Chaos theory has a bad name, conjuring up images of unpredictable weather, economic crashes and science gone wrong. But there is a fascinating and hidden side to Chaos, one that scientists are only now beginning to understand. It turns out that chaos theory answers a question that mankind has asked for millennia – how did [...] Related posts:

The Ghost in our Genes http://hotstream.org/459/the-ghost-in-our-genes/ http://hotstream.org/459/the-ghost-in-our-genes/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:24:34 +0000 admin http://hotstream.org/?p=459 Our genes carry unbelievable information of our past. And it is this genetic information, that affects our present, because the only way forward is to look into the past. This documentary film explains genetic science and it’s impact on our future life. A gene is the basic unit of heredity in a living organism. The [...] Related posts:

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Our genes carry unbelievable information of our past. And it is this genetic information, that affects our present, because the only way forward is to look into the past. This documentary film explains genetic science and it’s impact on our future life. A gene is the basic unit of heredity in a living organism. The [...] Related posts:

BBC Planet Earth – Great Plains http://hotstream.org/110/bbc-planet-earth-great-plains/ http://hotstream.org/110/bbc-planet-earth-great-plains/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:47:12 +0000 admin http://hotstream.org/?p=110 After filming for three years, Planet Earth finally captures the shy Mongolian gazelle. Only a handful of people have witnessed its annual migration. Don’t miss the bizarre-looking Tibetan fox, captured on film for the first time. Over six weeks the team follow a pride of 30 lions as they attempt to hunt elephants. Using the [...] Related posts:

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After filming for three years, Planet Earth finally captures the shy Mongolian gazelle. Only a handful of people have witnessed its annual migration. Don’t miss the bizarre-looking Tibetan fox, captured on film for the first time. Over six weeks the team follow a pride of 30 lions as they attempt to hunt elephants. Using the [...] Related posts:

BBC Planet Earth – Ice Worlds http://hotstream.org/106/bbc-planet-earth-ice-worlds/ http://hotstream.org/106/bbc-planet-earth-ice-worlds/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:41:13 +0000 admin http://hotstream.org/?p=106 The Arctic and Antarctic experience the most extreme seasons on Earth. Time-lapse cameras watch a colony of emperor penguins, transforming them into a single organism. The film reveals new science about the dynamics of emperor penguin behaviour. In the north, unique aerial images show a polar bear swimming more than 100km. Diving for up to [...] Related posts:

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The Arctic and Antarctic experience the most extreme seasons on Earth. Time-lapse cameras watch a colony of emperor penguins, transforming them into a single organism. The film reveals new science about the dynamics of emperor penguin behaviour. In the north, unique aerial images show a polar bear swimming more than 100km. Diving for up to [...] Related posts:

BBC Planet Earth – Deserts http://hotstream.org/103/bbc-planet-earth-deserts/ http://hotstream.org/103/bbc-planet-earth-deserts/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:35:20 +0000 admin http://hotstream.org/?p=103 Around 30% of the land’s surface is desert, the most varied of our ecosystems despite the lack of rain. Saharan sandstorms reach nearly a mile high and desert rivers run for a single day. In the Gobi Desert, rare Bactrian camels get moisture from the snow. In the Atacama, guanacos survive by licking dew off [...] Related posts:

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Around 30% of the land’s surface is desert, the most varied of our ecosystems despite the lack of rain. Saharan sandstorms reach nearly a mile high and desert rivers run for a single day. In the Gobi Desert, rare Bactrian camels get moisture from the snow. In the Atacama, guanacos survive by licking dew off [...] Related posts:

BBC Planet Earth – Caves http://hotstream.org/100/bbc-planet-earth-caves/ http://hotstream.org/100/bbc-planet-earth-caves/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:38:12 +0000 admin http://hotstream.org/?p=100 The Cave of Swallows in Mexico is a 400m vertical shaft, deep enough to engulf the Empire State Building. The Lechuguilla cave system in the USA is 193km long with astonishing crystal formations. Caves are remarkable habitats with equally bizarre wildlife. Cave angel fish cling to the walls behind waterfalls with microscopic hooks on their [...] Related posts:

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The Cave of Swallows in Mexico is a 400m vertical shaft, deep enough to engulf the Empire State Building. The Lechuguilla cave system in the USA is 193km long with astonishing crystal formations. Caves are remarkable habitats with equally bizarre wildlife. Cave angel fish cling to the walls behind waterfalls with microscopic hooks on their [...] Related posts:

BBC Horizon – Most Of Our Universe Is Missing http://hotstream.org/83/bbc-space-missing-universe/ http://hotstream.org/83/bbc-space-missing-universe/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:58:02 +0000 admin http://hotstream.org/?p=83 There was a time, not so long ago, when science seemed to understand how the universe worked. Everything us, the Earth, the stars and even exotic-sounding supernovae was made of atoms which were all created at time-zero: the Big Bang. In between the atoms was nothing, a void: quite literally, ‘space’. But recently things have [...] Related posts:

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There was a time, not so long ago, when science seemed to understand how the universe worked. Everything us, the Earth, the stars and even exotic-sounding supernovae was made of atoms which were all created at time-zero: the Big Bang. In between the atoms was nothing, a void: quite literally, ‘space’. But recently things have [...] Related posts:

BBC Planet Earth – Mountains http://hotstream.org/60/bbc-planet-earth-mountains/ http://hotstream.org/60/bbc-planet-earth-mountains/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:48:12 +0000 admin http://hotstream.org/?p=60 Humans like to think that once they’ve climbed a peak, they’ve somehow conquered it. But they can only ever be visitors to this hostile world. Planet Earth introduces the ‘real’ mountaineers and discovers the secrets of their survival on the mightiest peaks of our planet. Welcome to an extreme landscape of rock, ice and snow; [...] Related posts:

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Humans like to think that once they’ve climbed a peak, they’ve somehow conquered it. But they can only ever be visitors to this hostile world. Planet Earth introduces the ‘real’ mountaineers and discovers the secrets of their survival on the mightiest peaks of our planet. Welcome to an extreme landscape of rock, ice and snow; [...] Related posts: