Scientific Research Movies

99% of the plastic that should be floating in the oceans is missing. Even accounting for the plastic that washes up on beaches or is trapped in...

Most of us think of death as something clear-cut, and that medical science has it neatly figured out. This feature documentary explodes such...

Five times, Earth has faced apocalyptic events that swept nearly all life from the face of the planet. What did these prehistoric creatures look...

The "new roadways" of the title refer to various projects, carried out in the USA's research laboratories, that benefit mankind. These include solar...

In 1872, in the cave of Cavillon in Monaco, archaeologist Émile Rivière (1835-1922) unearthed an apparently very old human skeleton, at...

The endless expanses of the Indian Ocean are home to the last natural paradises: Remote atolls surrounded by coral reefs in crystal clear water. ...

Cities around the world have a major problem with rats. The animal has generally been regarded as a carrier of disease and is very unpopular with...

Our planet is running out of drinking water. Only a vanishingly small proportion of the world's water is available as usable fresh water. This...

Hormones – without them, nothing would work in our body: the messenger substances control our physical and mental state. New studies show how...