- 0 25 Years
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The longest-running documentary series in cable television history, honored with nearly 60 Emmys and hundreds of other awards, is celebrating a quarter-century on the air. Hosted by NGC correspondent Lisa Ling, Explorer: 25 Years provides an overview of how the series has covered our changing world, including the first look at the wreckage of the legendary Titanic and the rediscovery of the Afghan woman whose green eyes captivated the world from the cover of National Geographic magazine.
Date de diffusion : 2010-04-18
- 1 Journey to an Alien Moon
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Europa - an icy moon of Jupiter 485 million miles away from Earth - may be our best hope for finding alien life in our solar system. Everywhere we find water on Earth, we find life. What does this mean for the search for life beyond Earth? Scientists believe that on Europa there is a liquid ocean buried beneath its icy crust . To find out if this alien ocean holds life, well need to get there, penetrate the ice shell, and navigate in an alien sea. In this episode of Explorer, well plunge headlong into the challenges of discovery on an alien world. Well meet the scientists, adventurers, and engineers who are determined to launch a mission to Europa - and follow them through the challenges, frustrations, and triumphs that come with planning a distant mission to an alien world. Through high-end CGI and quests to the edge of our planet, well go on a journey to and alien moon called Europa. To answer the basic question: Are we alone in the universe?
Date de diffusion : 2010-04-20
- 2 Fatal Insomnia
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All of us have an occasional night when we can't fall asleep, but for people with fatal familial insomnia, or FFI, it's the beginning of the end. An extremely rare genetic disease passed down through generations, FFI's primary symptom is sleeplessness - but with a fatal twist. Victims are dead within months. To understand FFI, Explorer delves into the science of sleep - the most elusive biological function we have - to find out why we need sleep and what happens to us when we don't get it.
Date de diffusion : 2010-04-27
- 3 Talibanistan
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For eight years the Taliban and Al-Qaeda have bogged down US and NATO troops in Afghanistan-all the while seizing territory and creating chaos in nuclear-armed Pakistan. In mid October, under pressure from the US, Pakistan announced that it would launch a military campaign designed to destroy the Taliban, The Taliban responded with a series of brazen attacks against the Pakistani Army, the police, and civilians, leaving the US in doubt over Pakistans ability to secure its nuclear weapons, and its own ability to fight the agile Taliban in Afghanistan. National Geographic Explorer was in Pakistan and Afghanistan during these explosive days documenting the fight on the ground and in the skies above this territory controlled by the Taliban, known as "Talibanistan." Explorer asks the question: who is winning this war and is this Obamas Vietnam or will he be the first to pacify Afghanistan?
Date de diffusion : 2010-06-08
- 4 Struck by Lightning
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t travels faster than a speeding bullet. It burns five times hotter than the surface of the sun. And it can strike you dead pretty much out of the blue. Thirty million volts of electricity colliding with the human body are enough to stop your heart, zap your memory, and change your personality. Following the stories of lightning victims - some recent victims, and others plagued with unusual long term consequences - we'll unravel the science behind one of nature's most mysterious phenomena. New discoveries in lightning science and revolutionary brain imaging technology reveal what really happens when it strikes the human body. Armed with a one ton camera, storm chaser Tim Samaras takes us into the heart of a lightning storm to capture a whole new picture on lightning Read more: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/2595/Overview#ixzz0qlO3vQMO
- 5 Lost Cities of the Amazon
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Over the centuries, explorers traded tales of a lost civilization amid the dense Amazonian rainforest. Scientists dismissed the legends as exaggerations, believing that the rainforest could not sustain such a huge population -- until now. A new generation of explorers armed with 21st-century technology has uncovered remarkable evidence that could reinvent our understanding of the Amazon and the indigenous peoples who lived there
- 6 Electronic Armageddon
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What do future presidents need to know about existential dangers this country could face? Explorer investigates the science behind the dangers of a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse, or HEMP. Picture an instantaneous deathblow to the vital engines that power our society, delivered by a nuclear weapon designed not to kill humans but to attack electronics. What could happen if an electromagnetic pulse surged to earth, crippling every aspect of modern society's infrastructure?
Date de diffusion : 2010-06-15
- 7 Camp Leatherneck
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In January 2009 it was a patch of lawless Afghan desert, riddled with Taliban fighters. Today, Camp Leatherneck is home to more than 10,000 troops. Go inside the epicenter of the war in Afghanistan and meet the men and women who work in and pass through the camp. Learn what daily life is like for the people who find themselves in this place. How violence, boredom, excessive heat, separation from family and cultural differences affect the mind-set of the warriors.
Date de diffusion : 2010-01-31
- 8 Climbing Redwood Giants
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They are living giants; one of the Earth's largest and oldest trees. Some tower more than 350 feet high, taller than the Statue of Liberty; some may have been seedlings when Jesus was born. Yet these natural legends still shroud centuries-old secrets. In a major National Geographic cross-platform event, which includes the October 2009 cover story for the magazine, we'll reveal the little-explored environment of the redwoods using high-tech aerial laser surveys and breathtaking imagery.
Date de diffusion : 2009-09-29
- 9 Fighting Back - Stories from the Spill
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Three months after the devastating oil rig explosion in the Gulf, get an up-close look at those left behind to battle the spreading oil. Stories from frontline men and women who share a fierce commitment to solving this unprecedented national crisis at any personal cost including. Each hoping for an answer to the question: When will this end?
Date de diffusion : 2010-07-20
- 10 Science of Evil
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Using cutting-edge functional magnetic resonance imaging techniques, scientists attempt to isolate the mechanics of moral judgment by mapping patterns in neurological processes. Could neuron activity in the brain really give rise to good or evil?
Date de diffusion : 2010-07-22
- 11 Inside the DEA
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With unprecedented access to undercover footage, Explorer reveals the inner workings of a sting operation designed to bring down one of the world's most prolific and untouchable criminals, international arms dealer Monzer al-Kassar. Through the eyes of Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents and their undercover informants, we'll see how an elite team risked their lives to catch Kassar in the act of selling deadly weapons illegally.
Date de diffusion : 2010-08-10
- 12 Inside Bioterror
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Virulent disease claims millions of lives. New scientific advances increase the potential for them to be used as bioweapons. Join NGC as we explore the dangers surrounding bioterrorism and what every nation's leaders need to know.
Date de diffusion : 2010-08-31
- 13 Inside North Korea
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Cross into North Korea, one of the world's most secretive nations, for a rare glimpse of the country and its absolute dictator Kim Jong II.
- 14 24 Hours After Hiroshima
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Explorer tells the second-by-second story of a moment that changed the world forever: the dropping of the atomic bomb on August 6, 1945. Through the eyes of those in the air and on the ground, including the last interview with the weapons test officer who armed the bomb, we'll experience the events as they unfolded that tragic day.
Date de diffusion : 2010-08-17
- 15 Albino Murders
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Date de diffusion : 2010-08-24
- 16 Inside the DEA
- 17 Inside Bioterror
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Virulent disease claims millions of lives. New scientific advances increase the potential for them to be used as bioweapons. Join NGC as we explore the dangers surrounding bioterrorism and what every nations leaders need to know.
Date de diffusion : 2010-08-31
- 18 Can the Gulf Survive?
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With streaks of orange, red and black oil creating havoc in Gulf waters, NGC cameras are on the front lines with the individuals tasked with fighting the growing disaster. Gaining extended access to the Coast Guard and command center teams leading the cleanup, Explorer follows the first two months after the spill, tracking cleanup efforts from sea, land and air.
Date de diffusion : 2010-09-28
- 19 Lost Mummies of New Guinea
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Nat Geo embarks on an expedition to Papua New Guinea to understand human mummification. Our goal is to find a well-preserved mummy to gain clues into this incredible form of mummification in the tropics. Nat Geo cameras travel to Koke, a native village with an ancient mummy tradition, to learn about their process of mummification and assist with the restoration of an aging mummy. We'll trek through caves, villages and mountains to uncover the secrets of the ancient tradition.
Date de diffusion : 2010-11-16
- 20 How Man Tamed the Wild
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Date de diffusion : 2010-11-23
- 21 Vampire Forensics
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Did vampires roam the earth in the time of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci? Historical records indicate that people thought so and even describe how to safely bury them. Now, more than 400 years later, a 16th-century mass grave is unearthed near Venice that includes a skeleton with a brick apparently inserted between the jaws of the skull. This appears to be evidence of a macabre ritual designed to "kill" a vampire and sparks a highly unusual forensic investigation.
Date de diffusion : 2010-02-23
- 22 American Doomsday
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Working with the US Air Force, historians and security experts we take viewers as far as we can go inside Americas Doomsday Plans. We explain how they were used on 9/11 and show the critical role they would play in a future cataclysm. Our cameras also have rare access to the Presidents Doomsday plane.
Date de diffusion : 2010-11-08
- 23 Inside the Nuclear Threat
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What could we do if we had evidence terrorists were close to acquiring nuclear weapons, or even making their own? How would we defend ourselves from a blast with fireballs hotter than the sun? Race from motorcade to helicopter to confidential meeting, as scientists and intelligence experts brief viewers on the hard facts about the world's most lethal weapons - and the unbreakable physical laws that govern them.
Date de diffusion : 2010-03-02