O conceito da série foi criado para o Discovery Channel como Tall Tales or True pelo roteirista e produtor australiano Peter Rees da Beyond Productions em 2002. A Discovery inicialmente rejeitou a proposta porque eles tinham acabado de encomendar uma série sobre o mesmo tópico. Rees refinou o projeto para se focar mais no teste de elementos chaves da história ao invés de simplesmente recontá-las. A Discovery concordou em produzir três episódios pilotos da série. Jamie Hyneman foi um dos vários artistas de efeitos especiais que receberam um pedido da produtora para produzir um vídeo de seleção para a consideração da emissora. Rees já o havia entrevisto antes para um segmento da série Beyond 2000, sobre uma série de combates de robôs chamada Robot Wars. Adam Savage, que trabalhou com Hyneman em comerciais e na série BattleBots, foi convidado por Hyneman para ajudá-lo a co-apresentar a série porque, de acordo com Savage, Hyneman se achava muito desinteressante para apresentar o programa sozinho.
Newton's Apple is an American educational television program produced and developed by KTCA, and distributed to PBS stations in the United States that ran from 1983 to 1999. The show's title is based on the rumor of Isaac Newton sitting under a tree and an apple falling near him—or, more popularly, on his head—prompting him to ponder what makes things fall, leading to the development of his theory of gravitation. The show was produced by Twin Cities Public Television. For most of the run, the show's theme song was Ruckzuck by Kraftwerk, later remixed by Absolute Music. Later episodes of the show featured an original song.
An occasional short feature appeared called "Science of the Rich and Famous" in which celebrities appeared to explain a science principle.
This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to pop culture.
It's "Mr. Wizard" for a different decade. Bill Nye is the Science Guy, a host who's hooked on experimenting and explaining. Picking one topic per show (like the human heart or electricity), Nye gets creative with teaching kids and adults alike the nuances of science.
Exciting challenges and great stunts. That's how we know the Coppens brothers. Now they put special rooms full of scientific puzzles, tests and assignments that their famous friends have to bring to a successful conclusion. What familiar face cracks the Code of Coppens?
A group of brave youth who are not afraid of bullets, guns, and hardships. The students stay firm in their beliefs to save their country.
From the biology of attraction to the history of birth control, explore the ins and outs of sex in this entertaining and enlightening series.
C'est pas sorcier is a French educational television program that originally aired from November 5, 1994 to present.
An NHK flagship program, centered around a diverse range of documentaries, delves into the dynamic shifts of society, politics and history, as well as the breathtaking wonders of the natural world.
From the flashes of genius to the hard-won discoveries after many years of trial and error, this enlightening series explores the stories behind many of the inventions we take for granted today.
Applying the laws of life on Earth to the rest of the galaxy, this series blends science fact and fiction to imagine alien life on other planets.
This show addresses issues related to the Brazilian way of life, highlighting matters such as health, education, work and nature.
Time is a 2006 documentary television series first broadcast on BBC Four in the United Kingdom. It is written and presented by Michio Kaku.
Nina and the Neurons is a programme shown on the CBeebies channel aimed at four to six-year-olds to help them understand basic science. Nina is a neuroscientist who enlists the help of her Neurons in her brain to answer a scientific question.
The show is produced by Lucille McLaughlin, who has also produced the children's programme Balamory. The series is commissioned by CBeebies Controller, Michael Carrington.
A apresentadora Emily Calandrelli adora ciência e diverte-se com atividades, demonstrações e experiências caseiras que deixarão todos boquiabertos!
Scientists and amateurs conduct experiments and post their exploits online. Each episode counts down 20 popular Internet videos and explains the science behind them.
n 2019, the virologists took center stage, and for the first time on film, their methods, miscues and tragedy they have wrought are put under the spotlight, revealing the extraordinary leaps of fantasy buried in their methodology, the contradictions quietly acknowledged in their papers, their desperate effort to change language to justify their findings, the obvious incongruence of their conclusions and the extraordinary stakes for our entire society in whether we continue to blindly follow their lead into a full-scale war against nature itself.
Two-part documentary which deals with two of the deepest questions there are - what is everything, and what is nothing? Professor Jim Al-Khalili searches for an answer to these questions as he explores the true size and shape of the universe and delves into the amazing science behind apparent nothingness.