在过去的30年里，美国的肥胖率激增两倍，达到总人口的1／3，另有1／3人群属于超重范畴。全美国的健康人口仅占总人口的不到1／3。肥胖被看作是一个个人问题，胖子发胖因为他懒，谗，不爱运动，而soechtig告诉我们，这一切对于个体的指责都掩盖了全民发胖的根本原因－－食品制造业向食物中添加的糖。像可卡因一样，我们的大脑服用含糖食品之后会兴奋，我们的口味会对甜味更不敏感，渴望更高浓度的糖，直到我们对糖产生依赖。

The Hidden Story - Secret History: New evidence rewrites the Great Wall of China's history, decodes its complex signals system and reveals the surprise ingredient that's kept it standing.

大堡礁是世界上最大的珊瑚礁，覆盖澳大利亚东北海岸超过2000公里的水域面积。每年的夏天，这里都将上演生命诞生的壮丽奇观：雌性和雄性刺尾鱼以闪电般的速度游向水面产卵；在星光闪闪的夜空下，成千上万的绿海龟同时来到岸边产卵；而高潮是100多种珊瑚在15分钟内一次性全部产卵的罕见景色。

In April 2013, chaos erupted in Boston near the finish line of one of the world's oldest and most prestigious marathons. It was the worst terrorist attack on the United States since 9/11 and led to one of the most extensive and public manhunts in American history. Now, as the one-year anniversary approaches, National Geographic Channel presents a special two-hour event, Inside ...

The secret Nazi death camp at Sobibor was created solely for the mass extermination of Jews. But on the 14th October 1943, in one of the biggest and most successful prison revolts of WWII, the inmates fought back.

The Ebola virus. No-one knows exactly where it comes from but one thing is certain - it's one of the most virulent infections known to science. This special episode of Horizon meets the scientists and doctors from all around the world looking for the cure and hears first-hand accounts of what it's actually like to catch - and survive - this terrible disease.

台灣猛禽研究會繼「九九蜂鷹」、「山林魅影－林鵰」後，再完成一部猛禽生態紀錄片「老鷹想飛」。片中描述俗稱老鷹的黑鳶，在農藥、滅鼠藥的危害及棲地滅失等夾縫中掙扎求生的故事，同時也完整記錄「老鷹守護者」沈振中老師為了保育黑鳶放棄教職，孤軍追逐黑鳶的甘苦心酸與對黑鳶生存困境的不捨。

在艺术史学家西蒙·沙玛看来，伦勃朗是有史以来最伟大的艺术家。在这部美丽的影片中，研究伦勃朗的领先专家走近这位荷兰艺术家面对老年挑战时的最后作品。在去世前的几年，他还在寻找一种全新的艺术语言描绘衰老时的喜悦和痛苦。衰老并没有削弱他的创造力，在他生命的最后岁月，甚至还凝聚了新的创作能量。伦勃朗的晚年生活颠沛流离，遭受着疾病、贫穷和失去亲人的痛苦。但是在这种痛苦中，他依然创作出了美丽精致的作品；而且，尽管被当时的社会认为不入流甚至怪异，但他最后的作品却充满了激情、创新和深刻的自我反省。这部影片拍摄于风景如画的阿姆斯特丹，是一次华丽的视觉盛宴，同时提供了对这位伟大艺术家艺术生涯中最活跃时期的深刻洞察。

Changes to the bacteria that live inside all of us are responsible for increasing the number of people with allergies, suggests new research. 　　In this episode of Horizon, the show investigates this claim by conducting a unique experiment with two allergic families in order to find out just what it is in the modern world that is to blame. With a raft of mini cameras, GPS units an...

外脆内嫩、香气扑鼻，速食店里炸得酥软焦黄的鸡块总是令人食指大动，但是鸡块诱人外表的背后隐藏着许多不为人知的秘密。也许，看过纪录片《鸡块的秘密》之后，面对盘中美味鸡块，你会有不一样的想法！ 　　为了揭开鸡块诱人的秘密，法国一家制片公司决定拍摄纪录片《鸡块的秘密》，要找出鸡块背后的玄机跟奥妙。但是才开始拍摄，制作单位就发现，想进入生产鸡块的工厂就跟窃取国家机密一样困难。 整个法国，生产鸡块的主要厂商几乎没有一家同意他们拍摄。但是，他们锲而不舍，改变方式到大卖场、超市蒐集各种各样的市售鸡块，再送到实验室分析，结果出人意料。 　　纪录片画面清楚显示，许多鸡块横切面的纤维纹理跟包装照片上完全不一样，实验室主任斩钉截铁的说，「这是重组肉！」 　　什么是重组肉？重组肉跟完整鸡块有什么不同？制作单位在比利时一家鸡肉切割工厂拍到了重组肉的真相。 　　整只鸡被切下鸡胸、鸡腿和鸡翅等精华...

They are the miracle pills that shouldn't really work at all. Placebos come in all shapes and sizes, but they contain no active ingredient. Now they are being shown to help treat pain, depression and even alleviate some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Horizon explores why they work, and how we could all benefit from the hidden power of the placebo.

A fascinating exploration of one of the most significant moments in gothic history - the night when Mary Shelley, Lord Byron and their cohorts gathered together in Lake Geneva to tell ghost stories. The night when Frankenstein and the modern vampire were born. 　　All those involved in the events of the summer of 1816 wrote about their life-changing stay in Switzerland. This dramat...

冒险家兼记者的西蒙·里夫动身前往越南，寻找我们每天早晨的提神饮料背后的故事。 　　英国人每周都要喝掉几百万杯咖啡，而又有多少人知道他们的咖啡从哪里来呢？答案不是巴西、哥伦比亚或牙买加，而是越南！英国人所喝咖啡中的八成不是卡普奇诺或拿铁，而是速溶咖啡，而越南正是他们最大的供应商。 　　三十年前越南的咖啡产量仅占全世界产量的很小一部分，但在越战之后，政府决定大规模种植咖啡。现在，越南已经是世界上第二大咖啡出产国。咖啡产业为几百万人提供了工作，令少数人白手起家成为百万富翁。但西蒙也发现，越南的快速发展令当地居民和环境付出了沉重的代价。

该片从历史、社会、科技等多角度全方面介绍了烟花千百年来的发展历程。从一年一度法国古城卡尔卡松盛大的国庆节烟花秀，到中国浏阳市上空日复一日的烟花测试、从1400年前中国古人智慧地发明了鞭炮从而祛除瘴气，到1749年英国伦敦由于烟花秀引起火灾从而停滞大型烟花发展，从19世纪卢格尔丽家族成功将载绵阳火箭发射上空并着陆，到当今现代社会人们通过载人火箭终于实现了登月的梦想。烟花的发展伴随着人类科技、文明的进步，展示了人类对光明的热烈追逐，对光影艺术的细致研究以及对宇宙的无尽探索。 　　制作：Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion GmbH

When pioneering developmental psychologist Professor Uta Frith started her training back in the 1960s, she met a group of beautiful, bright-eyed young children who seemed completely detached from the rest of the world. 　　It turned out they had just been given the then-new diagnosis of autism. Uta passionately wanted to know more about these children, and they inspired her to dedi...