- Guns, Germs and Steel
PBS show based on the book by Jared Diamond.
www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel
- Red Gold: The Epic Story of Blood
PBS series exploring the facts and myths about human blood, as well as its impact on religion, medicine, commerce, and popular culture throughout history.
www.pbs.org/wnet/redgold
- Autopsy
HBO documentary exploring the world of forensic pathology.
www.hbo.com/autopsy
- Blue Planet, The
BBC show examining the natural history of the oceans.
www.bbc.co.uk/nature/programmes/tv/blueplanet
- Jean-Michel Cousteau : Ocean Adventures
Find video, photos, episode summaries, games, and more for the PBS show Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures. Also includes resources for educators.
www.pbs.org/kqed/oceanadventures
- Newton's Apple
Family science show which answers questions about about science, technology, and the world around us.
www.ktca.org/newtons
- Nick News: Private Worlds: Kids & Autism
Watch the Emmy-nominated Nick News program about the inner worlds of children with autism.
www.nick.com/turbonick/index.jhtml?extvideoid=66887
- Quantum
Weekly science program on the ABC. No longer running.
www.abc.net.au/quantum
- Destination Truth
Official site of Destination Truth, the Sci-Fi Channel series that follows international explorer Josh Gates as he travels the globe investigating stories of the unexplained and the supernatural.
www.scifi.com/destinationtruth
- Big Ideas
The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey offers a look into the minds of their dynamic scholars and explores some of the most groundbreaking concepts ever.
www.thirteen.org/bigideas
- Innovation: Life, Inspired
PBS series explores fascinating innovations and the people behind them in a variety of fields including brain fingerprinting and hi-tech wars.
www.pbs.org/wnet/innovation
- Mathnet
www.jillthepill.net/mathnet
- NOVA: Monster of the Milky Way
Official site for the PBS NOVA program "Monster of the Milky Way," about supermassive black holes. Contains video preview, program transcript, DVD information, a teacher's guide, and facts about the cosmos and our galaxy.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/blackhole
- America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie
Made for PBS, it tells the story of one of the world's great ecosystems and its transformation from natural landscape to farmland.
www.uni.edu/~lostland
- Mega Disasters
History Channel series Mega Disasters combines science and history to recreate past disasters in modern times and locations. Weekly scenarios examine how vulnerable our complex society is to the power of Mother Nature.
www.historychannel.com/megadisasters
- British Isles: A Natural History
BBC ONE series exploring the landscapes and past and present species of the British Isles.
www.open2.net/naturalhistory/index.html
- Modern Marvels: Invent Now Challenge
Encourages the public to come up with new and great inventions, the best of which will be featured on the History Channel TV show.
www.historychannel.com/invent
- Ape To Man: The Evolution of Evolution
The History Channel program about the quest to find the origins of the human race. The show examines the development of evolutionary theory, the discipline of anthropology, and the major discoveries that have led us to the understanding we have today.
www.historychannel.com/apetoman
- The NASA Missions: When We Left Earth
Discovery Channel's When We Left Earth is the story of mankind's greatest adventure, leaving the earth and living in space. The three-part series has re-mastered the original film and audio recordings from NASA's vault, including key on-board footage filmed by the astronauts themselves.
dsc.discovery.com/tv/nasa/nasa.html?campaign=dsc-nasa08-1-cnn004
- Derren Brown: Mind Control
Site from the BBC's Channel 4 about the U.K. show starring mentalist Derren Brown.
www.channel4.com/science/microsites/M/mindcontrol
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