Architecture II
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Daily Planet revisits the world of architecture. Learn about the floating houses and a new concept for an elevator.
Arctic Kiteskiing
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
When the McNair-Landry family goes kite flying Greenland, they bring their skis along.
Arctic Winter Games
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Preserving traditional sports that are unique to the North.
Armadillo Aerospace (Part 1)
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Armadillo Aerospace is a homegrown private space program that is attempting to win the X Prize by building a lunar lander module.
Armadillo Aerospace (Part 2)
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Armadillo Aerospace makes their practice runs before attempting to win the $2 million X Prize.
Art I
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Daily Planet paints a picture of the world of art. We try to get to the bottom of Mona Lisa's smile, what it takes to preserve 12,000 year-old art…
Articles and Pronouns
By Cerebellum Corporation - 2008
Topics covered: Nouns, articles & gender, vocabulary, definite & indefinite articles, second-person pronouns, first person pronouns, third-person…
Asteroid Trackers
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Asteroid Trackers looks at efforts to track Apophis, an asteroid that could come dramatically close to Earth in 2029, and again in 2036. Asteroid…
Astrospies
By WGBH - 2008
Millions remember the countdowns, launchings, splashdowns and parades as the U.S. raced the USSR to the Moon in the 1960s. Few know that both…
Aubrey de Grey
By Distribution Access - 2008
Everlasting life pioneer Aubrey de Grey poses a question: How can we defeat aging?
Audi R8
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Racetrack technology meets the street in Audi's supercar.
Australie
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
À la fois pays et continent, l'Australie est plus connu pour ses beautés naturelles que pour ses innovations. Pourtant, les applications pratiques…
Becrux
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Unlike most cruise ships, the Becrux is a mighty ship made for four-legged passengers. With a capacity of nearly 20,000 cattle or 60,000 sheep, the…
Behind the Scenes: Fire Forensics
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Greg Olson thinks training fire investigators in archaeology and osteology would help them recover evidence at fire scenes.
Behind the Scenes: Mushroom Farm
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Go behind the scenes to see how mushrooms are planted, grown, harvested and packaged.
Behind the Scenes: Rope Access
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Go behind the scenes to see how high-flying powerline workers "learn the ropes."
Beyond the Nuclear Family
By VEA Group Pty Ltd - 2008
What is a family? A generation ago, maybe the answer was unambiguous, but today the word evokes a whole range of possibilities. This program is a…
Bill Marovitz
By Distribution Access - 2008
Business developer, gun control advocate and former politician Bill Marovitz.
Biological Basis for Life
By Coast Learning Systems - 2008
The secrets of the cell are revealed to students. They will learn basic structure of the cell and the structure and function of DNA. DNA composition…
Biology Teaching Systems - Super Pack
By Cerebellum Corporation - 2008
Contains Modules 1-4 (Introduction, The Cell, RNA and Cell Division & Metabolism)
Biomechanics of Kangaroos
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Physicist Michio Kaku's research of kangaroos is giving researchers insight into biometrics of dinosaurs and possible aliens.
Biomechanics of the Body
By VEA Group Pty Ltd - 2008
The Human body performs a large range of movements every day. Elite sports people perform even more complex movements in the most efficient ways…
Bison Reintroduction
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Scientists are reintroducing wild wood bison into the wilds of the Yukon with great success.
Bladerider
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
This uniquely designed sailing boat can travel at three times the speed of the wind.
Blind Pilot
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Blind adventurer Miles Hilton-Barber has driven racecars and flown a microlite. Now he's taking off in a stunt plane!
Bob Richards
By Distribution Access - 2008
Robert (Bob) Richards, Founder and CEO of Odyssey Moon Limited, shares his passion and the importance of space exploration and commercial as well as…
Body Heat
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Our body creates heat through the chemical reactions required to move muscles. With the help of some candy, we can illustrate just how much heat is…
Bofors Archer BD-77 Artillery System
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
The Swedish military has a unique new high-powered mobile weapon.
Brain Fitness 2: Sight and Sound - Home Use
By PBS Distribution - 2008
This program, specifically designed to help people get the most from their vision and hearing as they age, considers how these senses change…
Brain Fitness 2: Sight and Sound - Public Performance
By PBS Distribution - 2008
This program, specifically designed to help people get the most from their vision and hearing as they age, considers how these senses change…
Build a Model Particle Collider
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
A large metal tray, a few rare earth magnets, and some steel ball bearings are the essential components of a simple particle collider, suitable for…
Build Your Own Lavalamp
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
The trick to a great lavalamp is finding two fluids that won't mix.
Building Bridges - The Physics of Construction
By VEA Group Pty Ltd - 2008
The nuts & bolts of building bridges. What factors to consider when you build a bridge and what's the Physics behind them? Introducing the concepts…
Building Resilience
By VEA Group Pty Ltd - 2008
This program discusses how a person can become resilient and talks about methods that we could use to withstand stress and trauma without permanent…
Built in Your Backyard: Alaskan Mecca
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Carlos Owens spent 2 years and almost $25,000 building a giant walking robot in his parents' backyard..
Built in Your Backyard: Animari
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Theo Jansen has created a new kind of creature. His "strand beasts" use wind energy to "walk" across the beach.
Built in Your Backyard: Electric Giraffe
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Lindsay Lawlor's walking electric Giraffe is made up of more than a ton of wires, metal, lights and circuit boards.
Built in Your Backyard: Front Runner
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Using the old hot rods of the '50s for inspriation, Joey Ruiter has created a truly unique watercraft that is pulled by the engines, rather than…
Built in Your Backyard: High-Voltage Capacitor
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
An Australian doctor spends his spare time playing with high voltage.
Built in Your Backyard: Tank Town
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Tired of his hard water, this Texan started farming "cloud juice" and "fog berries."
Bumblebee Vision
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
How studying bees will help to build better helicopters.
Bureaucracy
By Cerebellum Corporation - 2008
Topics Include The characteristics of a bureaucracy, the roots of the bureaucracy, types of bureaucracies, the job of bureaucracy, and accountability.
Canada
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2008
Découvrez des innovations d'avant-garde dans la science et la technologie d'un bout à l'autre du Grand Nord Blanc. Le document nous emmêne dans…