In this sobering final installment, we'll revisit the fiercest natural catastrophes, the most devastating accidents, and the most destructive disasters caused by humans.
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In this sobering final installment, we'll revisit the fiercest natural catastrophes, the most devastating accidents, and the most destructive disasters caused by humans.
This episode is a sobering survey of environmental disasters—such as deforestation and pollution on land, in the sea, and in the air—and their causes.
Rail journeys and even just getting in your car can be fraught with catastrophe caused by the powers of nature and human folly alike.
In this episode, we see that though many improvements in aviation technology have lessened the dangers of flying over the years, the risks have not all been eliminated.
This episode charts a sobering course through the choppy seas of maritime disasters involving luxury liners, routine ferry trips, an oil tanker, and modern piracy.
Our focus for this chilling but fascinating episode is when humans are a serious danger to themselves through nuclear and industrial accidents.
Ours is a dangerous world where geological mishaps—avalanches, landslides, heat waves, sinkholes and blizzards—can spell disaster almost as much as the big cataclysms
From flash floods to hurricanes to tsunamis, is a changing climate making these devastating floods more likely and their impact more severe?
Hurricanes, cyclones, tornadoes, twisters and typhoons are all powerful wind storms that leave devastation in their wake all across the globe.
In this installment, we turn up the heat to examine a natural phenomenon that is both a friend and a foe to humankind.
Things get personal in this episode as we explore something that is a threat to all of us wherever we live: the epidemic and its global big brother, the pandemic.
The earth really moves in this episode as we take in scenes and stories from some of the most devastating of all the natural cataclysms: the earthquake.
Dr. Jack Lewis also meets an incredible man who woke from a coma to his brain producing a string of lies, he was confabulating.
Dr. Jack Lewis also meets an incredible man who woke from a coma to his brain producing a string of lies, he was confabulating.
Dr. Jack meets David Rose who uses a new technology that doesn't work with his paralyzed body, it actually taps directly into his mind.
Dr Jack is going to sing with a choir like no other. Many of the members cannot talk, but they can sing!
We meet an individual who has an extraordinary neurological condition, mirror-touch synaesthesia, allows them to feel the exact sensation or emotion of another.
Dr. Jack Lewis is on a mission to understand why identical twins are such an asset to science from development in the womb onwards.
Dr. Jack meets a man who has defied all odds by miraculously recovering from severe brain damage after a car crash left him lying in a coma for three months.
1954 was pivotal, with a new Formula 1 using 2.5 liter engines. Mercedes prepares for their return, Maserati debuts the 250F and Ferrari introduces four new models.
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