Nueva York, un símbolo de poder americano, enfrenta un gran peligro: el calentamiento global podría provocar inundaciones y huracanes devastadores en el futuro.

Nueva York, un símbolo de poder americano, enfrenta un gran peligro: el calentamiento global podría provocar inundaciones y huracanes devastadores en el futuro.

Nueva York, un símbolo de poder americano, enfrenta un gran peligro: el calentamiento global podría provocar inundaciones y huracanes devastadores en el futuro.

Studying Earth\'s creatures can yield profound scientific insights, but meddling with the natural world can have lethal consequences. Snake enthusiast Kevin Budden risks everything in his pursuit of Australia\'s most venomous reptile. While expanding our catalogue of birds, ornithologist John Cassin plays with poison beneath their plumes. One of Britain\'s greatest entomologists, Harold Maxwell-Lefroy, falls victim to the very insecticide he hopes will safeguard the world.

To save millions of lives, medical martyrs have put themselves in the line of fire. Eighteenth-century obstetrician Ignaz Semmelweis plants the seeds for germ theory before a stunning downfall. Peruvian hero Daniel Carrión chases down a deadly disease using a dangerous experiment. Deep-diving inventor Sieur Freminet plays a lethal game of trial and error as he tests out his revolutionary diving suits.

It is one of humanity‘s oldest cultural assets. With the help of special wine-growing methods, a series of biochemical maturation processes occur during storage. Sometimes it takes decades before it is really good. We are talking about wine. Viticulture was practised in the Near East as early as 6000 years BC. Viticulture is thought to have originated in Georgia and what is now Armenia. Great Inventions examines the art of winemaking, the culture of wine appreciation and the importance of the drink in medicine.

How do you manage to generate the thrust necessary to keep a plane in the air without one of the engines exploding due to the amount of heat generated? The solution was to use ten combustion chambers instead of just one big one. This was the idea of Sir Frank Whittle, inventor of the jet engine. Initially used by the military in jet fighters, after World War II jet aircraft enabled millions of people to travel the world. Great Inventions takes a very special flight through the history of aviation.

The first condoms were made from the air bladders of fish by Greeks on the island of Crete some 2000 years BC. Later, during the Middle Ages, for a long time the ends of sheep‘s appendices were used for protection. Casanova is the most famous person to have used small linen bags. But it was only when Charles Goodyear invented vulcanisation that condoms really caught on. Great Inventions looks at an innovation with far-reaching implications for society, provoking scandal on the one hand and offering freedom and protection from diseases on the other.

In the grain field, the vineyard, in salad cultivation and in animal stalls, agriculture is increasingly making use of robots, drones and other automated processes. The digitisation of agriculture is seen by many as the solution to all its problems. The intention is not only to make it more productive and cheaper, but also more sustainable. Smart farming will generate large amounts of data. But who does it belong to and who is allowed to use it? Great Inventions provides the answers to these and other questions.

Non-perishable foods have significantly changed the way we eat. The canning processes means that we now have access to almost every type of food at all times. The development of the food industry and the production of processed foods on a large scale were only possible thanks to modern preservation methods. But now, with modern cold chains, special storage rooms, shock freezing, freeze drying and vacuum packaging, Great Inventions asks the question - has the classic tin can become obsolete?

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests as they turn up the thermostat and discover the role heat plays in science. This week\'s experiments investigate how to send secret messages with heat, how a little bit of melted candle wax can turn into a bomb, and why heat is an essential ingredient in cooking an egg.

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests discover the unstable world of elemental gasses. This week\'s experiments include recreating a big bang with lithium, the incendiary power of methane, and how a little bit of liquified nitrogen can lend a lot of power to a rocket.

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests as they taste the scientific rainbow. This week\'s experiments highlight how electricity can tint titanium, how you can create a color wheel by lighting things on fire, and why the world gets all its colors from white light.

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests as they make science look like sorcery. This week\'s experiments delve into the possibilities of mind control, why objects and people tend to sync together, and the magical mysteries behind magnesium.

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests as they tune into the science behind sound. This week\'s experiments hit high notes as we discover the physics of theremins, investigate how the outer ear impacts human hearing, and put on a laser show with cymatics

Discover how predators have adapted to become nature\'s ultimate killing machines, and what part weather played in their rise to the top of the food chain.

Discover how heat is the driving factor behind the Earth\'s diverse climates, influencing everything from weather patterns to ecosystems.

An up-close look at the biggest animals and buildings on Earth, including the blue whale, elephants and the Burj Khalifa.

Islands are water-bound treasures of our planet. Some are born from violent volcanic eruptions, while others give birth to scientific discovery. But in a time of climate change, many islands face an uncertain future.

Our Earth is a water planet. Where water is scarce, drastic measures like cloud seeding and desalination are required. But it can also cause disaster, in the forms of powerful storms and destructive floods.

En esta serie, el cómico Harith Iskander explora de manera divertida preguntas sobre comida, salud, deporte y tecnología. Desde el curioso olor del durián hasta por qué algunos son más picados por mosquitos, cada episodio desmitifica y explica la ciencia de forma entretenida.

En esta serie, el cómico Harith Iskander explora de manera divertida preguntas sobre comida, salud, deporte y tecnología. Desde el curioso olor del durián hasta por qué algunos son más picados por mosquitos, cada episodio desmitifica y explica la ciencia de forma entretenida.

En esta serie, el cómico Harith Iskander explora de manera divertida preguntas sobre comida, salud, deporte y tecnología. Desde el curioso olor del durián hasta por qué algunos son más picados por mosquitos, cada episodio desmitifica y explica la ciencia de forma entretenida.

En esta serie, el cómico Harith Iskander explora de manera divertida preguntas sobre comida, salud, deporte y tecnología. Desde el curioso olor del durián hasta por qué algunos son más picados por mosquitos, cada episodio desmitifica y explica la ciencia de forma entretenida.

Initially ridiculed, underground railways are now a success around the world. The era of underground passenger transport began more than 150 years ago in London with steam locomotives. The smoke was even “sold” as a cure by the operators. The tunnel network was gradually expanded using the shield tunnelling method and electric trains replaced the steam locomotives. Great Inventions ventures underground around the world, watches giant drills cut their way through the earth and takes a look into the future of the subway.

“I have seen my death.” These were the words of a woman when she saw an image of her hand. The woman was Anna Röntgen and the image was the first X-ray of a part of the human body. It was made by her husband, the German physics professor Wilhelm Röntgen. He had previously invented the X-ray while experimenting with so-called Crookes tubes. Great Inventions charts this revolutionary technology, including bizarre images of X-ray equipment in shoe shops, the importance of electron beams in medicine and their connection with space.

The first moments of success in early childhood, the first feeling of independence, the first rush of speed - what gives us these things? The bicycle. We have been propelling ourselves on two wheels for about 200 years. Initially invented as a wooden running machine by Karl von Drais, it later gained pedals and, thanks to Dunlop, became much more comfortable with the addition of pneumatic tyres. But for Great Inventions, the bicycle is more than a means of transportation. It is also associated with emancipation, environmental awareness and lifestyle.

No roof, only three wheels and rather uncomfortable - that‘s how you could describe the first petrol-driven car. Developed in 1885-86 by the German Karl Benz, it was far too expensive for most people. The American Henry Ford changed all that a few decades later. He revolutionised the production process and made cars affordable for almost anyone, with his Model T. Few inventions have had such a profound effect on the world as the car. Great Inventions celebrates this unique invention and looks into the future of mobility.

TV is a medium that stimulates the imagination, arouses curiosity, promotes education and allows millions of people to participate in major events. Three men were involved in the invention, a farm boy who produced an electronic image, Charles Jenkins from San Francisco who used moving silhouette images and the Scottish inventor John Logie Baird, known by historians as the father of modern television. Great Inventions brings the story of television to life with spectacular images such as the moon landing in people‘s living rooms.

James connects the dots between Napoleon’s toothpick and the Nielsen TV ratings to see how scientists have built the quantum computer – a data-processing machine so powerful that it can predict the future.

James jumps in the sensory deprivation tank with a man who took LSD with dolphins to discover how syphilis in the French aristocracy kicked off a journey to the nanofabricator–a machine that can build anything you wish for, molecule by molecule, for free. What will that mean for the value of things?

James opens a cabinet of curiosities to discover how the French Revolution, wallpaper, and NORAD brought about the rise of big data – and a world where humans finally merge with the internet.