With movie-quality dramatizations and insightful analysis by the world's foremost experts, The Gospel of Judas reveals a new account of Jesus's betrayal to the modern world. Secrets of Mary Magdalene strips away the veils of history to reveal the flesh and blood woman who served as Jesus' foremost apostle and possibly the love of his life.
Based on the nonfiction book "Secrets of Mary Magdalene" by bestselling authors Dan Burstein and Arne De Keijzer, this documentary special uncovers the latest information on one of the world's most controversial religious figures. Pterosaurs are the closest thing to real dragons Earth has ever seen. These giant flying reptiles dominated our skies millions of years ago. Join the hunt for evidence of the biggest Pterosaur and learn the secret of its flight.
He stalked the Caribbean trade routes, striking fear into the hearts of all who dared sail the treacherous waters by pillaging no less than forty ships in the short time span of just two years. Now, thanks to the folks at National Geographic, viewers can board the ship of notorious pirate known the world over by the ominous moniker Blackbeard for a two-hour, high-definition look at the exploits of the intelligent and charismatic marauder born Edward Teach.
A cunning thief whose terrifying and carefully constructed visage struck fear into the hearts of sailors while inspiring wild stories of wretched savagery, Blackbeard portrayed here by actor James Purefoy 's notorious reputation alone was often enough to cause his prey to give up without so much as a fight.
With this documentary, history buffs will find out just why the old adage about truth being stranger than fiction has more merit than some give credit for. In the true story of Spartacus, you'll discover how one man, fueled by a desire for his own freedom, led a revolution against the Roman Empire and became a hero even more compelling than the legend Hollywood created.
Documentary about the history of the social impact of the Berlin Wall, one of the most forbidding symbols of the Cold War. Built in , it divided the city for 28 years. The documentary tells the stories of four Mennonites Aganetha, Cornelio, Pedro and Jacobo living in two different communities. Delve into the terrifying world of structural engineering gone horribly wrong. Examine the chain of events that led to some of the world's worst structural disasters, including the collapse of a giant department store in South Korea; the collapse of the roof of terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris; and the collapse of two overhead walkways onto a crowded hotel lobby in Kansas City in the U.
Follow the clues that led forensic experts to the fatal flaws that killed hundreds in the blink of an eye, and look at some of the newest, most futuristic building concepts and ask if, by pushing the limits of new materials and revolutionary technologies, are we not courting future disasters? It was the treasure trove that sent shockwaves through the archaeological world - a fabulous collection of precious metal that captured the imagination of the public and experts alike.
British metal detecting enthusiast Terry Herbert struck gold when he uncovered over 3, Saxon artefacts in a field in The haul is now in the joint custody of the Birmingham and Stoke museums - find out how the professionals are using the mountains of glittering gold and shimmering silver to shed new light on the mysterious Dark Ages - and provide eye-opening evidence of Britain's violent past. Curator Dr. David Symons is your guide as he trawls through the treasure with the help of a team of Anglo-Saxon metalwork specialists, gemstone analysts and osteoarchaeologists.
With the story of the Staffordshire Hoard slowly coming to light, examine the latest theories exciting archaeological experts worldwide and, above all, marvel at the craftsmanship, ingenuity and sophistication of Anglo-Saxon ancestors. Six years ago, U. Now, these Islamist militants are back.
The Heilongjiang Acrobatic troupe, based in the city of Harbin, is one of China's most respected acrobatic groups. For over 50 years its performers have thrilled audiences throughout China with contemporary interpretations of this traditional art form. Two years ago, artistic director Mr.
Guan Xin Min decided on a new and innovative direction for Heilongjiang--they would become the only acrobatics truope in China to perform on ice! Combining ice-skating and traditional acrobatics may be a great marketing tool, but it will take a team of ultra- talented and dedicated performers to turn this idea into reality. After training practices and performances, the Heilongjiang Acrobatic troupe is ready to take its unique style of ice acrobatics beyond mainland China.
This is a tense and exciting time for all the young performers--but will circumstances beyond their control conspire to end this momentous endeavour before it even begins? Deep in the heart of the Amazon, an uncharted lake emerges every dry season when the floodwaters recede. It's rumoured that this secret lair lures reptiles little changed since the time of the dinosaurs. And not just a few; hundreds gather - even giant creatures allegedly journey to this far off, inaccessible place.
Outsiders come here at their peril; fishermen claim to have lost limbs to fearsome monsters. Are these exaggerated local legends? Or is the veil of mystery about to be lifted on one of the earth's largest yet least studied carnivores - the black caiman? Incredible Human Machine takes viewers on a two-hour journey through an ordinary, and extraordinary, day-in-the-life of the human machine.
With stunning high-definition footage, radical scientific advances and powerful firsthand accounts, Incredible Human Machine plunges deep into the routine marvels of the human body.
Through 10, blinks of an eye, 20, breaths of air and , beats of the heart, see the amazing and surprising, even phenomenal inner workings of our bodies on a typical day. And explore striking feats of medical advancement, from glimpses of an open-brain surgery to real-time measurement of rocker Steven Tyler's vocal chords. This is the home of one of the biggest hippo communities in the world. But this summer will be the toughest ever on record as water is scarce and a rare, natural outbreak of anthrax hits the community.
Two brothers face a deadly battle over territory while a young mother and her calf, desperate to survive, journey to the river in search of water. As bloated and putrefying corpses start to appear, it appears the river is spreading the disease. The young mother succumbs after drinking the water, leaving her calf to fend for itself.
For the brothers, each lick of an infected carcass transfers lethal amounts of anthrax. Will they survive to fight the living breathing opponent vying for their patch of ground before the rains come to sweep the deadly curse of anthrax away? This is a hippo story like no other, following the lives of those tough enough to survive hippo hell.
In a remote outpost in south-central Afghanistan, a group of Americans stand in the breach between the rule of law and the rule of terror. They are Green Berets, part of an elite division of the U. Army Special Forces, charged with protecting local civilians from the wrath of the Taliban. For this film, the Pentagon waived their hour limitation on embedded media and allowed NGC cameras to chronicle the lives of these war-hardened Americans for 10 days.
From our first cry to our last breath, our bodies undergo a continuous second-by-second transformation. Every move we make and every outside stimulus triggers a reaction through the skin, bones, organs, muscles and cells.
We breathe, on average, million breaths in a lifetime; an adult skeleton is replaced every seven to 10 years; we shed as many as 30, dead skin cells every minute; and the food we eat travels 30 feet 9 meters on its journey through our bodies. This documentary takes you beneath the skin to reveal how our bodies evolve from birth to old age, and the amazing biological systems we need to thrive. Artificial reefs mean big business for the tourist industry, but how are they created?
Canada is a world leader in the technology needed to create these diving meccas. National Geographic Channel follows the reef-building process as an old naval ship is meticulously cleaned of pollutants, carefully wired with explosives, and sunk to an underwater resting place. These submerged ships also provide habitats and breeding sites for innumerable marine species.
Brings to life some of the most bizarre, ferocious and fascinating creatures to ever inhabit the ocean. Combines animation with recreations in a prehistoric adventure. A journey to the bottom of the ancient oceans dramatizes awe-inspiring creatures. A weapon so technologically perfect in structure, so formidable in strength and so beautiful in creation.
This high definition one hour special is the inside track on the World's most influential weapon. For over a thousand years this weapon dominated the battlefields of Japan, instilled fear and terror into every enemy it faced, and created a new spiritual way of life that lasts through to the present day. The Samurai sword — a weapon so technologically perfect in structure, so formidable in strength and so beautiful in creation.
For the first time unique access has been granted and we travel into the core of the ancient foundries, sword-smiths and fighting schools to reveal what makes the so-called perfect sword. This is a no holds barred look at one of the most iconic man-made objects ever forged. Join us as we take the inside track on the making of the legend that is the Samurai Sword.
Every room, every cupboard, every nook and cranny is infested with little creatures of mass destruction. Dispelling rumours about Freemasons, the two-hour programme helps to distinguish facts from fiction behind this enigmatic group with millions of members worldwide.
For the first time, Masonic temples around the world open their doors and provide exclusive coverage for "Freemasons on Trial". Berger returns to the cave six weeks later with a team of elite scientists and finds not just one human skeleton, but several, unlike any he has ever seen. Measurements show that these people were some of the smallest humans to walk the earth, but they had enormous teeth. Has Berger discovered a lost human species or a tribe of mutants?
On Botswana's Linyanti Plains, a band of brothers reigns amongst the top predators. Three cheetahs: partners since birth, and one of the most efficient hunting forces on the plains. They hunt as a team, with Achilles in front, and Odin and Shiva flanking him on either side.
The powerful trio have held their territory for over five years, until one day tragedy strikes. Achilles is killed by a cobra bite, leaving Odin and Shiva to fend for themselves for the first time in their lives. With the power of three broken they must adapt fast: learning to hunt as a twosome and defend their kills without the help of Achilles. Confounding their efforts is a host of scavenging predators: an injured leopard, a cunning hyena and a devious black backed jackal.
Making matters worse, a lone male cheetah begins to trespass on their land. As the cheetah brothers regain their strength and efficiency, the lone male becomes a major concern. When they eventually corner him, a vicious fight breaks out. But then a remarkable transformation occurs — instead of killing the cheetah, they tolerate him.
Day by day, the strangers gradually begin to accept each other, until one day — against all odds — the power of three is returned to the Linyanti Plains as a new coalition of cheetahs hunt together at last…. Hippos are regarded one of the most dangerous animals as they kill more people in Africa than any other beast. We reveal what triggers them to attack. A floating piece of American territory. And a powerful weapon, swarming with planes, explosives, and thousands of the Navy's best crew.
This formidable marine monster is also a mobile combat airport, perfectly designed for one task: to launch and retrieve legions of strike fighter jets anywhere in the world, on extremely short notice. And the men and women on board have to perform this task to perfection.
Surrounded by roaring jet engines and dangerous weapons one mistake could mean disaster. In , the first gray wolves were transported from Alberta, Canada to Yellowstone National Park, to repopulate the sprawling landscape with the species, absent for more than 70 years. The following year, a second wave of wolves was brought to the park from British Columbia, Canada; five of them were released together, and they were named the Druid Peak pack.
Since the arrival of those first immigrants, wolves have thrived in Yellowstone — and none more dramatically than the Druids. The prisoners worked under savage conditions and only with basic tools. Based on witness testimonies and photographic evidence, the documentary tries to answer the questions as to how this feat of engineering was built.
The documentary special also tells of the developement of America's first precision guided muniton, the' Azon' bomb, and how it was used to destroy the bridge. In the spring, the western diamondback rattlesnake emerges from its winter hiding place after not eating for more than 6 months, it has only one thing on its mind: food.
Eye of the Leopard tracks one cat for a remarkable three years in Botswana. She's called Legadema, or "Light from the Sky," and we follow her from the first vulnerable days as a cub all the way to developing into one of the most feared predators.
Was Adolf Hitler influenced and motivated by the occult? Through the years, historians have debated the mysterious connection between the occult, Hitler and the Nazi party, including some who maintain that Hitler killed others to keep his occult beliefs a secret. NGC examines how Hitler's involvement with the German Worker's Party brought him face-to-face with occultists who may have influenced his beliefs.
In a place like no other, where fire and water meet, the battle for survival rages on. Stromboli is an island in the Mediterranean and one of the most active volcanoes on the planet. Lava and debris constantly pour into the sea. Males fight to the death over females; a mother strives to protect her young. And if they can survive the harsh environment and sharks, countless shipwrecks and fishing nets provide unusually rich hunting grounds. With an arsenal of underwater equipment and cameras, we follow filmmaker Natali Tesche and the scientists working to uncover the secrets of how the octopus manages to thrive here.
Would you leave friends and family to voluntarily work in a war zone? Is six hundred dollars a day worth risking your life? Apparently it is for 25, international security contractors employed in Iraq today.
Each and every day these tattooed and muscle bound civilians run a gauntlet of hidden dangers as they carry out critical missions to safeguard the Iraqi reconstruction effort and protect V. But the insurgents don't distinguish between civilian contractors and coalition forces.
The world renowned National Palace Museum in Taiwan is home to one of the world's greatest Chinese art collection, including more than , pieces of the priceless imperial Chinese treasure. The Emperor's Treasure takes viewers, for the first time, on an amazing journey into the secret imperial treasure trove at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan.
It features the story of a Chinese emperor's ambitious art collection, the courage of the people who protected it from destruction during the two wars and the technology used to preserve the masterpieces for future generations. Today, 65 percent of adult Americans are overweight, but few are morbidly obese. What are the physical stresses of weighing more than pounds and what steps can reverse it? NGC explores the genetics of weight gain and medical advances to treat it.
There are two strands to this intriguing documentary about the famous bust of the Egyptian queen, which was discovered in by German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt. The first is about Borchardt and how he pulled a bit of a swiftie on the Egyptians to get the thing back to Berlin, while the second is about what Nefertiti has been up to lately - being X-rayed and so on in a bid to dispel doubts about her authenticity.
The man who connects the strands is Adolf Hitler, who fell in love with the spectacular limestone bust, left, and wanted it to be the centrepiece of a new Egyptian museum in Berlin. The Egyptian government, having realised what it had lost, had been clamouring for the piece's return but Hitler refused, eventually having it hidden away in a salt mine for protection from Allied bombing raids.
Rumours have persisted, however, that the bust was swapped for a fake en route to the mine - hence the high-tech examinations. Under the X-ray everything looks OK, but curiously the face beneath the colourful make-up looks older and more wrinkled than the glamorous beauty the world has come to know.
Looks like somebody got a makeover. A destination renowned for its spectacular monuments and epic history. Tourists flock to her spectacular monuments, but what they see is only the tip of the iceberg. Beneath this bustling metropolis lie the remains of another 'Eternal City', entombed underground since the fall of Rome.
These are dark, hidden places, filled with unknown beauty and mystery. This is the story of a city you thought you knew, and of a dedicated team working to unlock her deepest secrets. Join us on a riveting journey through time as we follow archeologists and urban explorers as they descend deep into Rome's underworld, taking us to places few have seen, and where fewer still dare to go. Travel deep into the heart of Rome — and find beauty in the most unlikely places.
Unearth what lies beneath. Thousands of hidden acres of ancient Roman history are buried here: homes, sanctuaries, roads and even crypts. NGC unlocks the treasures of a city many have visited but few have seen, revealing its secrets one excavation at a time. They soar to record heights, towering over normal people. From a benign tumor on the pituitary gland to excess growth hormones, find out how giants are made.
She has just a ten percent chance of making it to adulthood and predators constantly lie in wait. Her parents have their hands full for the next four months, feeding and protecting her and her older brother.
As they return from their daily fishing expeditions rogue seals ambush their fishing parties, stealing their hard won day's catch and endangering the lives of their dependent chicks. New evidence on the fate of the Incas helps to reimagine their tale in this National Geographic presentation. Great Inca Rebellion presents stunning new evidence that is changing what we know about the final days of the Inca Empire.
According to traditional accounts, the mighty Inca were swiftly wiped out by a small band of Spanish conquistadors. But new evidence had been unearthed that supports a different version of the story. Uncovered remains of those who died in battle along with recently discovered documents suggest that even after forming military alliances with thousands of Indian mercenaries, it took the Spanish many years to defeat the Inca Empire.
Brought to life through CGI reconstruction and re-enactments, the untold epic saga of guerilla warfare and rebellion are revealed as National Geographic reveals the truth behind the Incas last stand. Despite the worldwide interest in his life, little is known about Jesus between the ages of 12 and How did he spend his missing years?
While his birth, childhood, later years and death are all well documented in the gospels of the New Testament, a question mark continues to hang over how Jesus spent his time between the ages of 12 and This baffling gap spans the period that stretches from his preaching in a temple as a young boy, right up to the point at which, as a grown man, he first met John the Baptist.
Jesus: The Missing Years explores the year gap that incredibly, nobody knows anything about. The debate continues to rage over where the young Christ was during these 'missing years'. Some wild theories have claimed that he traveled far and wide, with India and Tibet being possible destinations. Others claim it is far more likely that he remained in Nazareth, leading a humble life working as a carpenter.
Now, scholars and theologians are using clues from ancient texts to piece together the events of Jesus' young adulthood in an attempt to shed new light on the unknown parts of his life. In the depths of the Black Sea lies a landscape of eternal darkness. With no light and no oxygen in the sea's anoxic layer, no life can survive, except perhaps the ghosts of ancient mariners whose ships foundered thousands of years ago. Because the environment cannot support the organisms that typically feast on organic materials, such as wood and flesh, there is an extraordinary opportunity for preservation, including shipwrecks and the cargos they carried.
In the year , on his third trip to the Black Sea, explorer Dr. Robert Ballard discovered a miraculously well-preserved Byzantine shipwreck, but his team could only take pictures. Now, Ballard returns with archaeologist Dr. Bridget Buxton and Dr. In , Ballard and the team returned to survey the area for more shipwrecks, and last year began excavations on Sinop D, and Chersonesos A, a 10th-century shipwreck found off southern Crimea at a depth of meters.
At Chersonesos A, the team excavated the ship's cargo of nearly jars commonly found at Byzantine sites on the shores of the Black Sea, including Chersonesos. The bright orange color of the nearly 1,year-old jars was completely preserved, to the team's amazement. From there, the team sailed to the deeper site, Sinop D, which was the focus of the survey. The team hoped to answer questions about the ship's construction, its cargo, and how the anoxic conditions had affected its preservation.
Ballard and his team have only two weeks, so they must work in perfect precision on their hunt for the Ghost Ships of the Black Sea. Ballard calls this site "the greatest museum on Earth," but his team of marine archaeologists has only begun to scratch the surface of the Black S.
It is one of the most notorious assassinations in modern history: the murder of the Romanovs, Russia's ruling family. Once the subject of a high-stakes murder investigation, the trail went cold of Soviet rule. Now, the mysterious deaths are fueling a heated battle between forensic scientists, religious leaders, and Russia's political elite. Are the bones buried in St. Petersburg really those of the Romanovs?
And what became of two of their children, whose bodies were never recovered? Can members of the family have survived a night of unspeakable brutality, or did one of the world's most powerful dynasties really come to an end, changing the course of world history to this day? Four bodies, a scattering of clues, a mystery whose solution could rewrite history. National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Spencer Wells, opens an ancient case of missing persons, using the latest advances in DNA technology to determine the origins of a group of enigmatic mummies found in western China.
What he learns may change what we know about the world. The four individuals were part of a vanished world that existed in western China between and years ago - long before Marco Polo or the Silk Road. Yet these long-buried corpses look European and were found with tools that didn't exist yet in that part of the world. Who were they? Where did they come from? And how might they have affected the spread of culture and technology in prehistoric times?
For 5, years, the purpose of this monument has remained a mystery, but archaeologists have uncovered a theory to explain this architectural riddle. While on a study in Sharkville, a shark-infested area off Africa's coast, shark expert Ryan Johnson made the discovery of a lifetime, great whites hunting at night. For the first time on film, witness this remarkable sight. Summer is the season of long, hot days spent lounging on a beach or splashing in the waves.
It's associated with relaxation and fun, but, in fact, there's a lot of science behind the icons of summertime. National Geographic's "The Science of Summer" explores the mysteries behind the planet's most sweltering season and reveals the fascinating facts that make summer unique. School may be out but that doesn't mean the learning is over; National Geographic's "Science of Summer" explains why millions of people call summer their favorite time of the year.
Mysterious in its movements, ferocious and feared, the Tiger Shark is a highly-adaptable hunter, swallowing up anything in its way. Sharks are suffering from human environmental pressures, so do these secretive monsters still deserve their killer reputation? Can these prehistoric predators fight to find their way in the 21st century?
Examine the conservation and research efforts in South Africa, Hawaii and tiny Bimini Island that allow humans and sharks to coexist in the 21st century. In one single, epic camera move we journey from Earths surface to the outermost reaches of the universe on a grand tour of the cosmos, to explore newborn stars, distant planets, black holes and beyond.
An amazing tournament of animal survival at a South African watering hole is captured on a vacation video. Enlisting the help of wildlife experts, National Geographic deconstructs this battle.
It's the oldest, largest and one of the most prestigious air shows in the world, a show where fans gather to see spectacular aerial displays and get up close to the beautiful flying beasts of the sky.
Business leaders gather to sign deals for new fleets of planes worth millions, swap ideas and examine new aviation technology. National Geographic Channel goes behind the scenes of the famous Paris Air Show to see the latest examples of aviation innovation and find out how the team behind the event wing into action.
Experts in code writing and breaking tell tales of heroic risks and cat-and-mouse secrecy, where science meets deadly adventure and everyone from queens to soldiers to everyday citizens can pay the price. Track the interconnecting lives of this wild community, locked in a never-ending battle to stay alive. At the heart of it all is a pride of lions. Challenged from all sides by other big characters in the area, relationships constantly take unexpected turns. Shera is the matriarch of the Mala Mala pride, who struggles to rear her cubs in the face of attack from rival males.
She is also a successful hunter and leads her pride into the thick of the resident strong buffalo herd. The buffalo are weak and thin at this time of year, strained by the heat, the lack of lush grazing and their daily pilgrimage to the ever-shrinking Sand River. She is a valuable babysitter when the pride sets out to hunt and the cubs need her, for there are many enemies in this neighbourhood. Equipped with more electro sensors than any other shark, extreme maneuverability, serrated teeth and an ability to swim fast have armed the Hammerhead with an amazing arsenal of survival tools.
But unfortunately, indiscriminant fishing currently threatens the Hammerhead's very existence with a severe population decline in the past decade. In an ever-changing world, where skills are constantly put to the test, how will these magnificent fish continue to survive and meet the natural and unnatural challenges of today?
When put to the test just how big a difference does 1. Ten extraordinary days, ten ordinary characters, ten overlapping stories - coming from all points of the compass - bearing down to the same moment: the end of the biggest war the world has ever known. Combining large-scale reconstructions with traditional documentary storytelling, Ten Days to Victory evokes the climactic last moments of the Second World War.
The program interweaves the stories of ten very different people caught up in the liberation of Europe from the grip of Nazi terror. Their diaries, letters and interviews provide a unique insight into the dramatic events of some of the most gripping and terrifying days in history.
For these individuals, as for millions of others, the German surrender on 8th May marks the end of everything that has consumed their lives for six long years. Join undercover agents and slip into the shadowy web of illicit trade, where dangerous multi-billion dollar criminal networks threaten whole sectors of the world economy.
Illicit: The Dark Trade travels the globe to expose the dire consequences of this dirty industry: money laundering, political corruption, and the subversion of entire governments. From knock-off handbags to bootlegged compact discs to fake pharmaceuticals, this hard-hitting special reveals how consumers' insatiable demand for counterfeit merchandise has given birth to a vast criminal system.
So high, in fact, that Hunt has made it his personal mission to help preserve these notoriously unpredictable animals. In the wild, the buffalo are nearing extinction from threats such as bovine tuberculosis and foot and mouth. This new documentary series follows Hunt on his intriguing journey to capture these wild buffalo — which could kill him with a single swipe of their deadly horns — in an effort to breed new healthy stock. The stress response: in the beginning it saved our lives, making us run from predators and enabling us to take down prey.
So, we're constantly marinating in corrosive hormones triggered by the stress response. Now, scientists are showing just how measurable — and dangerous — prolonged exposure to stress can be. Stanford University neurobiologist, MacArthur "genius" grant recipient, and renowned author Robert Sapolsky reveals new answers to why and how chronic stress is threatening our lives in Killer Stress, a National Geographic Special.
The hour-long co-production of National Geographic Television and Stanford University was produced exclusively for public television.
In this revelatory film, discoveries occur in an extraordinary range of places, from baboon troops on the plains of East Africa to the office cubes of government bureaucrats in London to neuroscience labs at the nation's leading research universities. Groundbreaking research reveals surprising facts about the impact of stress on our bodies: how it can shrink our brains, add fat to our bellies and even unravel our chromosomes.
Understanding how stress works can help us figure out ways to combat it and mitigate negative impacts on our health.
For over three decades, Robert Sapolsky has been working to advance our understanding of stress — in particular how our social standing our place in various hierarchies can make us more or less susceptible to the damaging effects of stress. Throughout the film, he weaves the grim realities of the impact of chronic stress with his wry observations about 21st century life.
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Join National Geographic on a journey to this breathtaking sub-Antarctic region now facing its greatest challenge recovering from the misguided actions of man. Eden at the End of the World offers a wondrous glimpse into the pristine haven that is Patagonia.
NGC visualizes in spectacular HD the devastating ecological impact each single degree increase in temperature could have on our planet over the next century. They solve murders, catch spies, and prevent terrorist attacks. They are one of the most revered law enforcement agencies on the planet, and one of the least understood until now.
With re-enactments, on-location footage and interviews with agents, re-examine the agency's most challenging case - the bombing of the USS Cole - and see how the NCIS is staying one step ahead of the terrorists.
Tucked in the Selous game reserve in Tanzania there are hunters, big and small. Here a brave bunch of Banded Mongooses fight to survive amidst an army of killers. They're bigger, faster, smarter, and braver than their Meerkat cousins, but a tough year lies ahead. Follow the mongoose pack as they are tested to the limit, living under constant threat from predators and the harsh African weather.
Ela, the leader of the Magwa clan must work hard to raise her family here. It's time to meet the bandits of Selous. AKA: Shark Nicole.
Over the past few decades, the Middle East has been an epicenter of political and violent turmoil, often with religious conflict at its core. An understanding of the Muslim faith and its most sacred text is very important.
NGC presents Inside the Koran, a journey into the heart of the Islamic world to better understand this complex and seemingly contradictory spiritual guide, including the messages that some perceive as justification for the violent conflict and suicide bombings. Legends of the Ice World brings the northern polar cap to life by combining modern technology with traditional and beautiful wildlife footage.
State of the art computer graphics reveal the foundations, history and weather patterns of this frozen desert of the North. Stunning wildlife footage illustrates the diversity of life in this icy world, from the seabirds and lemmings at the base of the food chain to the lords of the ice, the polar bears. This intimate portrait also follows the dramas of a reindeer migration, wrestling walruses, and the great, annual battles of musk oxen.
Imagine accelerating from 0 to mph in 3. You crest a hill, experience weightlessness and then G forces plaster you to your seat. As the ride ends, dopamine floods your brain. Every rollercoaster conspires with physics, geometry and precision engineering to jump start your brain chemistry and shake up your basic instincts.
Why do we get such a rush out of roller coasters? What will the next generation of Supercoasters unleash. Once upon a time, long ago, in a land not so far away, our beloved planet was bunched together into one giant super-continent. It was inhabited by very small and similar creatures.
But over the next millions of years, the land began to break apart, and its creatures began to grow apart-becoming bigger and weirder than ever before. Bodies with tiny arms grew massive heads. Tiny heads adorned giant crests.
Long necks steadied long tails. The time of the bizarre dinosaur had arrived. Immerse yourself into a lost world of strange beasts that roamed our planet a hundred million years ago - how their stories of life, death, combat, and sex can tell us about evolution and give insight into life on our planet in National Geographic's Bizarre Dinosaurs.
Mariana dives into the world of international scamming to understand how it all works and meet the outlaws at the heart of this booming industry. Her investigation takes her from the streets of Montego Bay to the glitzy neighborhoods of Tel Aviv as she pursues some of the biggest phone, lottery and financial scammers in the world and learns why Americans are the perfect targets.
Fentanyl has turbocharged the deadliest drug crisis in American history. But less understood is how the drug has utterly transformed the black market. Mariana goes in search of the new bosses, new routes, new risks and the American communities paying the price for fentanyl's next wave. Mariana tackles what one of her sources calls "the untouchable smuggling story. Mariana journeys far, and near, to meet the smugglers face-to-face.
In the age of social media, the demand for illegal steroids is booming. Mariana searches out producers and users in an attempt to understand the vanity, insecurity and greed that's driving this dangerously unregulated, billion-dollar black market in body-enhancing drugs.
Mariana journeys deep inside the Peruvian underworld to meet the gangster craftsmen who make and sell the world's finest counterfeit U. Along the way, she learns that many of these counterfeiting operations are run by criminal families in Lima, who are making a fortune despite the anti-counterfeiting efforts of the U. Secret Service and the Peruvian National Police. In an eye-opening journey through her home state of California, Mariana embeds with pimps, victims, undercover cops and private investigators to understand the ugly business of illicit sex in America.
How do pimps recruit? After that we are shown a "Base Lab" while the team was trying to find an "HCL Finishing Lab" they still take the time to burn the lab down while explaining it's operation beforehand.
Next, we hear of the Coast Guard and Mariens have tried to counter act these Drug Subs wiith a new vessel named the Stiletto that can operate in very shallow water. It uses stealth itself and has quite a sophisticated suite of technology to aid the troops in their work. Even though this has shown to be a good start it is still a test ship under desgin changes. It also lacks things like bunks or a galley so it can not stay out on multi day missions either. This new boat also has not as of yet caught a Drug Sub on the water.
Cut to we hear from the informant and he apparently got scared again and did not tag the boat, further, the officers hear that the boat they were hoping to find under construction has made it out to sea making it near impossible to find. The show moves on to another target which is a fully submersible Drug Sub they have located after 6 months of searching for it.
Then we finally get to see a fully submersible Drug Sub found in the jungle in a construction site. Even though it had not been placed in to the water it was fully operational. It's interior shows that they have gotten a lot more advanced there is a lot more space and some sophisticated electronics. They discuss the possibility of a foreigner with advanced sub construction knowledge was probably involved with this sub's construction.
Marijuana is widespread amongst the student population in Boston and, with National Weed day on the horizon, dealers and students are gearing up. From the Silicon Valley to international cities across the globe, dealers balance the need to hold enough merchandise to make a profit with keeping the law at bay. Chasing the High sheds light on this perfect storm of supply and demand at the heart of a business we call Drugs, Inc.
The drugs that make it from international and rural areas to the hardened city streets have to pass through a plethora of gambits and decoys to be profitable. Cartel Games gives first hand accounts of the strategy behind the moves made, from pawns to kingpins, in the drug battle we call Drugs, Inc.
Exploring the connection between drugs and the oldest profession in the world. Cocaine is claiming thousands of lives in the U. Meth claims thousands of lives each year in the U. Included: Why it's so deadly and addictive. Heroin is deadly addictive, but new drugs like krokodil and fentanyl may be even worse.
The supply chain of cocaine stretches around our world, bringing vast wealth to a few Follow its trail through the eyes of peasant farmers producing cocaine paste, a trafficker tied to Mexican cartels and a year-old crack dealer in Miami's poorest neighborhood. And literally see the true nature of cocaine addiction via revolutionary brain photography in a leading lab in Brookhaven, N.
Some call methamphetamine the "Devil's Drug. Follow a raid on a suspected meth lab, stake out a neighborhood pharmacy where addicts attempt to accumulate cold and flu pills, and meet a neuroscientist urgently searching for a cure for addiction.
See the dangers of meth and the unexpected physical damages caused by the drug. Heroin can be life threatening, claiming the lives of numerous victims. Follow this opium derivative as it begins in a remote Afghan heroin lab that processes the raw materials and then on to Chicago, where a dealer demonstrates its final preparation for street sale. Gain insight into its insidious powers from users, and witness a police raid on a heroin distribution network in New Jersey.
Plus, go inside one radical attempt to combat heroin's social costs by supplying it free to addicts. Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug on the planet.
To many, it's an evil weed, but to some, it's a sacred herb, even a lifesaver. For decades the global supply was controlled by criminals, but now a quasi-legal industry worth billions of dollars is booming. Visit growers who are leading a horticultural revolution, hear from users consuming for medicinal purposes, go inside the "Green Rush" of medical marijuana in cities across the U. Inside the world of producers, traffickers, dealers, users, doctors, and cops who make up the multi-billion-dollar industry.
A former British gangster serves as guide into this illicit underworld, visiting a secret hash-making location nestled in the mountains. Deep in the Amazon, Rob—a former Wall Street broker turned healer—has created a free clinic of sorts, administering the highly potent narcotic ayahuasca to trauma patients.
Ketamine—chemically, a compound called ketamine hydrochloride—is a drug that was developed in the s to sedate animals and humans for surgery, though it eventually was replaced by medications that worked faster with less risk. Beginning in the s, initially to the puzzlement of police, burglars began breaking into veterinary clinics and stealing ketamine.
They soon learned that recreational drug users had discovered ketamine and were turning it into the new hallucinogenic party drug. In its standard powdered form, ketamine looked like cocaine, and could be snorted in the same way. But it also could be easily modified for injecting, smoking or even mixing into drinks. Known as Hillbilly Heroin, Opiate pain pills can be found in every town and city across the United States.
From the poorest trailer home to the most expensive mansion, they are tearing apart the fabric of American society. For a few dollars, users can access dozens of compounds that mimic cocaine, ecstasy or marijuana. Auto crime is the tip of a sinister global iceberg where a car stolen in LA could end up on the Russian black market or a truck taken in Laredo, Texas could become a heavily armored 'narco tank' used in Mexican Cartel gun battles.
Dealers, gangs and the Mexican cartel traffickers make millions from Las Vegas tourists' demand for illegal drugs. Alaskan dealers make vast profits from crack, heroin and illicit alcohol; street gangs battle for control of the Anchorage drug market.
Hawaii has one of the highest rates of crystal meth users in the nation. As America's largest city, New York is a distribution hub for narcotics. New Orleans drug trade booms in the era following the Hurricane Katrina devastation. Mexican and Canadian drug gangs compete for customers in the isolated terrain in Montana as officers patrol the vast region hoping to stem the tide.
Heroin, cocaine and prescription pills in plentiful supply makes Los Angeles one of the biggest drug distribution hubs in the U. Drug dealing in Puerto Rico is examined. The most dangerous city in the USA, Detroit, is a perfect mark for today's growing drug industry. Dealers are learning cater to inner city clientele by selling smaller amounts of hard drugs like heroin and cocaine for single-digit prices.
Cocaine and marijuana drug fueled hour lifestyle for Londoners. San Francisco, Calif. But in the new millennium, the city, especially the gay community, is struggling to recover from a meth epidemic. Kingston, Jamaica, is under the control of sophisticated and warring drug gangs who manage drug trafficking and distribution at all levels.
Chicago has one of the largest, most-saturated markets in crack and heroin in America. In the Fifth Ward, a drug hub of Huston, Tex. We'll talk to a major crack cocaine dealer, a Hispanic street gang member, addicts, a pimp who claims to rule the streets and a full-patch member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas white supremacist prison gang.
Denver's legalization of recreational use of marijuana in January ,could be the downfall of the city's gang-banger dealers who have seen falling profits since medical marijuana became legal in Miami has been used to traffic drugs into the United States from Latin America.
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