Sports stadiums are widely considered architectural treasures, on par with shrines, cathedrals and other important monuments.
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Explore with us the most destructive tornadoes in history, why could no one predict it?
Host/adventurer George Kourounis explores the bubbling lake of molten lava and investigates the risk the dangerous volcano poses to both the people of city of Goma and the Mountain Gorillas who live on the nearby jungle slopes.
Host/adventurer George Kourounis ups the danger factor by traveling with wild atheist shock-jock R.J. Evans to track massive lightning storms which can produce bolts of up to one hundred million volts.
George tracks a building storm that threatens that tough mid-western city, chases a hail storm, fights to get in the middle of a vicious dust-devil and the funky roadside Americana of the American Midwest
Studying the genes and lifestyles of centenarians. The results may offer answers to living longer and fighting diseases.
The ancient ancestors realized that building structures and machines to harness water to provide transport, power, drainage and irrigation was vital to the success of their civilizations.
This episode explores some of history's most ingenious, yet lesser-known engineering solutions.
Throughout history, our ancestors have always strived to go higher, bigger, deeper, further - and this is reflected in the buildings and structures around our globe. But what secrets can these ancient structures reveal?
From living in caves to grand mansions, shelter has always been high on the list of our priorities. Bur form and function varies wildly throughout civilizations.
Never in the history of humanity have so many of us been mobile. New innovations propel us into the world of self-driving cars and high-speed trains.
California is one of the most progressive places on earth and has always started conversations about the big questions in society.
This episode is all about California's spirit of innovation – where does it come from and what drives it? We consider how many of California's major brands, companies & innovators started off in garages – from Disney to Amazon.
What is the secret to eternal life? Alie Ward goes from an ancient herbal remedy to arrive at embryonic stem cells and the tantalising prospect of a future where we could be forever young.
Thom's in the UK to track down Anthony Kelly a man whose world record breaking reflexes are rumoured to be superhuman.
Thom travels to the UK to track down Aquaman Tom Sietas, who can hold his breath submerged for a death defying 22 minutes.
Thom travels to the UK to track down real life rubber girl Claudia Hughes, a contortionist whose extraordinary flexibility defies human physiology.
Thom Hunt heads to Nevada, to meet Dean Karnazes, an ultramarathon runner who's taken endurance running to a level that defies human biology.
In this episode of Ultimate Processes, we investigate how the AW 101, one of the world's most advanced search and rescue helicopters is designed and built.
It is a deadly war in the desert, one we know barely anything about. Once the heart of the golden Mali Empire, home to the richest man of the 14th century, the northern town of Timbuktu has become the victim of political instability and terror.
In the 1980s, El Salvador and Nicaragua were fighting vicious civil wars that claimed killed at least 100,000, saw 8000 people disappear, and left hundreds of thousands displaced. Still spearheading a global fight against communism, the US engaged.
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