Quirks & Quarks Dogs Catch Cancer
Canine transmissible venereal tumor, or CTVT, is an unusual contagious cancer that affects dogs around the world. Live cancer cells are transmitted from dog to dog during mating. Dr. Elizabeth Murchison, a cancer geneticist at Cambridge University, has sequenced the genome of this cancer. The results suggest that it has survived continuously for 11,000 years. The genome also reveals a ...
- 2014
- 00:09:08
- 13-14
- Added on: 02/10/2014
Brain Games Don't Be Afraid
When it comes to fear, we are sometimes at the mercy of our brain. But would it surprise you to know that a healthy dose of fear is actually good for you? This episode of Brain Games reveals the science behind fear and surprise, and you’ll see how fear can give you a feeling of heightened ability, why you get that tingling ...
- 2013
- 00:22:30
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/18/2017
Access to this content is reserved to National Geographic Channel subscribers.
The Nature of Things Dreams of the Future
We live in a world where technology is constantly changing, and keeping up with the latest everything can be a challenge. The Nature of Things asked Dr. Jennifer Gardy to explore current scientific research that will impact us all in the future. She travels from Toronto to Los Angeles, Tokyo, Munich and back to Vancouver exploring the brave new world of 3D ...
- 2014
- 00:43:57
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/04/2015
Quirks & Quarks Earliest Human Tooth Decay
The diet of hunter-gatherers living in Morocco, between 13,000 and 15,000 years ago, contributed to tooth decay. The remains of 52 individuals were studied, and all but three suffered from tooth decay. The research — led by Dr. Louise Humphrey from the Department of Earth Sciences at the Natural History Museum in London, England — found that a diet heavily ...
- 2014
- 00:07:43
- 13-14
- Added on: 02/12/2014
News in Review - December 2014 Ebola: A Deadly Virus Outbreak
Just the name Ebola strikes fear in people. This deadly virus took hold in West Africa in 2014, killing thousands of people. But in modern times, a disease doesn't stay in one place for long. This story looks at how Ebola has become a worldwide problem.
- 2014
- 00:18:39
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/17/2014
Access to this content is reserved to News in Review | Archives subscribers.
Inside Nature's Giants Elephant
This program looks at how evolution has overcome the challenges of being as big as an elephant. Elephants feed on plants with very little nutritional value for 18 hours a day, so evolution has given them vast intestines as well as huge teeth and jaw muscles – and an equally gigantic head. But this produces another problem: how to reach ...
- 2009
- 00:47:00
- 15-17
- Added on: 05/10/2017
Access to this content is reserved to National Geographic Channel subscribers.
The Fifth Estate Elephants on Board: A Journey to Remember
In the zoo business, elephants are known as “charismatic mega fauna.” Plodding yet graceful, these beasts possess lethal power. It’s why they say that if you don’t have an elephant, you can’t call yourself a zoo. But two years ago, despite their huge popularity with the zoo-going public, three female elephants in Toronto faced eviction. The Toronto Zoo was forced ...
- 2013
- 00:41:42
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/14/2014
The Nature of Things Equus: Story of the Horse — First Riders New
The domestication of the horse has been a mystery of science for generations. In Episode 2 of Equus, First Riders, anthropologist turned filmmaker Niobe Thompson travels to Kazakhstan to witness the groundbreaking discovery of a skeleton from the earliest culture ever to tame horses. In this episode, viewers get a set of genuine science scoops: we are the first to learn that ...
- 2018
- 00:45:01
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/01/2018
The Nature of Things Equus: Story of the Horse — Origins New
We built the world around us with horsepower. But what is it that makes humans and horses so perfect for each other? The three-part series Equus takes viewers on an epic journey across three continents and back in time to the mysterious beginnings of the horse-human relationship. In Episode 1, we go back 45 million years to meet a tiny, ...
- 2018
- 00:44:12
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/01/2018
Absolutely Maritimes Every Living Thing: Experiencing a Bioblitz
In this the United Nations Decade of Biodiversity (2011-2020), Every Living Thing follows a 20-year biodiversity research project to identify and catalogue as many species as possible in the province of New Brunswick, before human encroachment and climate change intensifies.
- 2016
- 00:43:59
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/15/2016
