In America it’s an epidemic. Now new evidence raises concern about the UK’s use of prescription opioids. Michael Mosley goes on an immersive journey to ask what can be done about it. The opioid epidemic has devastated America. But what’s the situation here? A new report from Public Health England raises serious concerns about Britain's own relationship with painkillers. Dr Mich...
With the help of a team of experts and the latest in 3D scanning technology, Alexander Armstrong, along with Dr Michael Scott, explores the hidden underground treasures that made Rome the powerhouse of the ancient world. In his favourite city, he uncovers a lost subterranean world that helped build and run the world's first metropolis and its empire. From the secret underground...
The pygmy hippo is one of nature's last great mysteries. Solitary, secretive and extremely hard to find, scientists know almost nothing about this endangered animal in the wild and what it needs to survive. Now, a young Australian ecologist, Wei-Yeen Yap, is taking on what could be 'mission impossible'. In a remote West African rainforest, Wei investigates the secret life of th...
BBC 电子游戏自诞生之日起，媒体与学界对其进行的争论就从未停息。有人说它使人成瘾，有人说它让人变得暴力……然而这些都是真的吗？电子游戏真的有那么坏吗？《地平线》将带你回顾三十年来学界对其进行的各项研究，从科学角度阐释电子游戏对人脑产生的影响，以及它可能为我们带来的益处。
Dr Kevin Fong explores a medical revolution that promises to help us live longer, healthier lives. Inspired by the boom in health-related apps and gadgets, it's all about novel ways we can monitor ourselves around the clock. How we exercise, how we sleep, even how we sit. Some doctors are now prescribing apps the way they once prescribed pills. Kevin meets the pioneers of this ...
1945年7月26日被认为是英国选举历史上最令人震惊的一天。胜利凯旋的战时领袖温斯顿·丘吉尔和保守党在选举中大败而归。以前从未赢得过议会多数席位的在野党工党，在选举之中大获全胜。那是一个让人震惊并且完全出人意料的结果，并且此结果改变了英国政治历程。但在第二次世界大战之后声望如日中天的丘吉尔，为何会被由他带领着走向了胜利的人民所拒绝呢？为何那种拒绝是如此的彻底呢？集合了一群杰出的政治家，传记作者和作家，本片会探寻这样一个问题的答案：一位表面上声望已达到顶点的男人为何会如此戏剧性地被踢出权力之外呢？
塞缪尔·利特尔声称在40年内杀害了多达93名妇女。但为什么他直到现在才被阻止？这部令人不寒而栗的纪录片揭示了几十年来利特尔是如何恐吓被边缘化的女性的，并审视了使他得以继续存在的制度缺陷。跟随调查人员分秒必争地工作，以证实利特尔的供词。这是对美国最危险的人之一以及帮助他的社会的一次毫不畏惧的审视。
《地平线》Horizon由BBC制作，至今已经播出了五十季，一千多集。“地平线节目的目标是提供世界上最伟大的科学家和哲学家一个可以交流他们的好奇、观察和看法的平台，并将他们对世界的新看法引入到我们的日常知识。” 本期所讲肥胖是现代人类最大的敌人。那么节食是否会带来健康与长寿，这一直是人们迫切希望得到答案的问题。《BBC地平线：节食与长寿》从几个简单的例子来验证，表达出科学合理的节食对健康有益的观点。感兴趣的朋友可以下载来看看。
非洲的豪登高铁是近年来南半球最大的建设项目。这个雄心勃勃的计划，让南非跻身于拥有先进高速的铁路运输系统的领先国家。但不确定的是，豪登高铁能否能解决南非经济腹地的交通问题，因为那里仍是由汽车主宰。
大卫?爱登堡讲述了几个迷人的动物爱情故事。这里有表演秀，有歌唱家、舞蹈家和战士，有秘密活动，也有感人至深的忠诚事迹。故事的主角分别是：一只为了获得爱慕而努力表演的公北极熊、一只通过气味把伴侣吸引到身边的狐猴和一条温情脉脉、忠贞不渝的蜥蜴。动物也能忠于爱情，也有复杂的思想，既会令人捧腹，又会别出心裁——尽在动物们的求偶游戏。
On a bright, cold morning on 15th February 2013, a meteorite ripped across the skies above the Ural mountains in Russia, distintegrating into three pieces and exploding with the force of 20 Hiroshimas. It was a stark reminder that the Earth's journey through space is fraught with danger. A day later another much larger 14,3000 tonne asteroid, passed within just 17,000 miles of ...
作为达尔文进化论的灵感来源，加拉帕戈斯群岛可以说是一座天然的图书馆。这里就像一个地质学上的传送带，见证了许许多多物种的诞生与灭绝。本节目用开拓性的全新视觉效果，结合令人震撼的摄影技术，探究了加拉帕戈斯群岛上多种多样的物种，揭示了这座群岛不为人知的一面。随着历史变迁，西部的群岛慢慢浮出海平面，开始孕育新生命.
Alice Roberts explores the latest discoveries in the study of human origins, revealing the transformation that has been brought about in this field by genetics. Traditional paleo-anthropology, based on fossils, is being transformed by advanced genome sequencing techniques. We now know that there were at least four other distinct species of human on the planet at the same time a...
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