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Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Storm chasers: Hunt for devastating, violent twisters that rip through America's Great Plains, better known as "Tornado Alley." Research meteorolgist Josh Wurman and extreme filmmaker Sean Casey put their lives on the line to capture this unprecedented footage shot from inside tornadoes tearing their way across the central U.S. Shooting from a 14,00-pound tank topped with a custom-designed filming turret, see what the team encounters as they drive...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson will tackle one of science's major challenges in each episode, framed as a simple question that ordinary people wonder and worry about. Neil will guide us as he explores dramatic discoveries and the frontiers of research that connect each central, provocative mystery. Can my car live forever?: Irv Gordon, a retired science teacher from East Patchogue, NY, has managed to keep his 1966 Volvo P1800 going for four decades. Body...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson will tackle one of science's major challenges in each video, framed as a simple question that ordinary people wonder and worry about. Neil will guide us as he explores dramatic discoveries and the frontiers of research that connect each central, provocative mystery. Episode includes: 1) How Smart Are Dogs? - Meet an extraordinary boarder collie and other dogs changing our view of canine intelligence. 2) How Smart Are Dolphins?...
Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
It's Nature Cat and his friends vs. Ronald in four exciting adventures! Nature Cat hopes to finally beat Ronald at the neighborhood Hide 'N' Seek Championship of the World, but to dethrone the champion he has to learn how to master the art of camouflage from wild animals to stay hidden in plain sight!
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
"Discover the relationship between dinosaurs and birds, and find out that rhinoceroses once lived in Nebraska. Bill also tracks down dinosaur footprints with paleontologist Grace Irby and travels to the La Brea Tar Pits to see what's underneath all that tar"--Container.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Brian Cox demonstrates and explains some of the most amazing features of our very own solar system, how the forces of nature carved out beauty and order from the chaos of space, how our home planet is intimately connected with the rest of the solar system, and how these connections have created the planet Earth.
19) Mars
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Set in the year 2033, this one-of-a-kind blend of scripted drama and fascinating documentary sequences centers on twin female astronauts who courageously embark on an epic adventure: humanity's awe-inspiring quest to colonize Mars. The world's most brilliant minds in space exploration, including visionary thinkers Elon Musk, Neil deGrasse Tyson, NASA astronauts and more, share what the not-so-distant future may hold for all of us.
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