Documentaries Tagged “discovery channel”
The Big Question: Why Am I Me?
The Big Question: Why Am I Me?
There are 6 billion people on the planet. Every single one of them are unique individual.
We each have thougths and ideas and memories and feelings. What is happening in your brain when talking and listening?
This is not about mechanics of speaking, listening and understanding a language. This is about subjective sensation of bei...
Before We Ruled the Earth: Hunt or be Hunted
Before We Ruled the Earth: Hunt or be Hunted
1,700,000 years ago in Africa, Homo ergaster, an ancient predecessor of modern humans, had to scavenge to survive. They lived in the elements among the monsters of the day, like the saber-toothed cat. Over time, early humans evolved and developed simple tools, began to communicate, and learned to control their most important tool: fire...
Neanderthal
Neanderthal
Europe, eighty thousand years ago, for countless generations the kingdom of a remarkable and mysterious creature, Neanderthal. A species of human in many ways so similar to us, and yet also very different. Tonight we’ve brought together a crack team of experts to recreate Neanderthal. In unrivalled, anatomical detail. We’ll discover ex...
Dying to Sleep
Dying to Sleep
This Discovery documentary deals with a very rare and unusual prion disease called Fatal Familial Insomnia or FFI for short.
FFI is a prion disease that targets the thalamus, of which of its many functions is the sleep regulator of the body. The prions form aggregates of amyloid plaques that destroy the neurons in this area.
The ...
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
Once a powerful, sprawling presence in Northern Africa, the ancient kingdom of Nubia now lies buried beneath mounds of red brick rubble in the Sudan.
Forgotten by history and largely neglected by archaeology, its cities have lain buried for centuries, harboring priceless secrets of a civilization that once rivaled Egypt.
Join wor...
Next World: Future Intelligence
Next World: Future Intelligence
Catch a first-time glimpse at smart technology that will put android helpers in the home, network commuters and entire cities to the Web, and bring us entertainment systems that can virtually make dreams come true.
Advances in artificial intelligence are creating machines with near human-like mental agility. Intelligence will be emb...