science television programs

"Has the Gulf of Mexico recovered from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill? As the tenth anniversary of the disaster approaches, this question is regularly posed. An international team of scientists has spent nearly that long studying its environmental impact ... For insight into the future, we journey to the Campeche region of Mexico that is still suffering four decades after the 1979 Ixtoc oil spill. ... "--Container insert.

Four programs look at how the human body works, from in-utero development of a fetus to the mechanics of a beating heart, and from the formation of skin to the amazing way complicated systems work together for sensing, adapting, reproducing, regenerating, and thinking.

"Neuroscientist David Eagleman explores the wonders of the human brain in [a] ... series that reveals the ... story of why people feel and think the things they do"--Container.

NOVA's expert team looks for the signature of a volcanic eruption big enough to have blasted a huge cloud of ash and sulfuric acid into the atmosphere. Killer Volcanoes spotlights the search for the mystery volcano that plunged the globe into a deep freeze and inflicted famine on medieval Europe.

Explores some of the greatest discoveries of the universe through computer graphics and interviews with cosmologists, astronomers and astrophysicists.

Science educator Bill Nye details the history of developments in exploration, discussing clocks, the compass, submarines, telescopes, X-rays and MRIs, and rockets and the space shuttle. Includes an introduction to a student inventor.

Examines some of the new and resurgent diseases that pose a threat to global public health in the early twenty-first century including AIDS and avian flu, and discusses the urgent need to strengthen global public health systems.

Examines Hurricane Sandy, its impacts, and the future of storm protection.

Stormchasers Joel Taylor and Reed Timmer gather information about the formation of tornadoes and other severe storms.

Provides a collection of twenty episodes of the children's animated television program "Wild Kratts," which follows animal scientists Chris and Martin Kratt as they travel around the world and participate in adventures saving animals and learning about the creatures in various ecosystems.