The Mighty Red River is a fearsome threat to all who live along its banks, and only one machine stands between the little town of Selkirk, Manitoba, and devastating floods – the Amphibex amphibious excavator.
We visit Patagonia National Park to find out how it became one of the biggest conservation projects in history.
We meet enviro-entrepreneurs who recycle plastic waste to produce a large variety of items from fishing boats to coffee cups.
Alie Ward falls through the wormholes of history into the Louisiana swamps, then journeys on to discover how poker-faced mischief and a mathematical code for winning games have brought us to machines that can invent very real faces.
What could possibly link rockets and antidepressants? Are we on the cusp of having a neural switch that can control our moods? Alie Ward weaves a chain of extraordinary connections.
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.
The team are in the Ardennes, Belgium, where they pick up the scent of princess called Berthe, a woman killed on her wedding day.
Kay and the team investigate paranormal activity in one of Belgium's spookiest cities where the team are convinced they're being followed by a spirit.
Pete is in Delhi and Mumbai performing magic to a variety of people, including a baffling thirst quenching trick, as well as making rings and himself vanish!
In this installment, Athena decodes some of the difficulties faced by the scientists & environmentalists looking to fundamentally change our relationship with energy.
The discovery of CRISPR Cas-9 in 2012 opened up seemingly limitless potential in the field of genetic editing.
From a cutting-edge, science-based gym & spa, to a medical clinic that offers direct ultrasound brain stimulation designed to increase mental performance.
A steel helmet with an air-power-triggered gun welded to the top. What could possibly go wrong?
Personal fire escape for people trapped in buildings, that must work. Will it save your life or not? Let's see.
It looks like a doghouse resting on a wet suit, but this 1916 invention could have savez countless lives lost at sea.
If you thought Human Immortality was just a concept in science fiction, this episode reveals how it will become science fact. For some scientists featured in this program, achieving Immortality is not a question of “If.” The real question is “When?”
This episode shows scientists at large using gene-editing technologies to revolutionize the food supply chain, bolstering food crops to prevent famines, and even speed up reforestation efforts that will reverse global warming.
This episode features the most cutting-edge scientists out there who are harnessing the power of what's called “The Microbiome": the full array of the trillions of microorganisms that live in or on the human body, which help it function.
Canadian actor Meegwun Fairbrother overcame his substance abuse trough Okichitaw, a native American martial art using the gunstock war club and the tomahawk.
Pimmchana is the daughter of Kru Oh, a master in the Thai Martial Art Krabi Krabong, that uses swords and sticks. She is training to become the best of the next generation.