Curiosity

Épisode 1 - Did God Create the Universe?

7 août 2011

Stephen Hawking nous livre sa vision personnelle et passionnante sur l'une des questions les plus complexes : qui ou quoi a créé l'univers dans lequel nous vivons ? A l’aide de graphismes de pointe, Stephen Hawking y étudiera les réponses possibles aux questions que se posent scientifiques et théologiens depuis des siècles.

Épisode 2 - Alien Invasion: Are We Ready?

14 août 2011

La science des temps modernes laisse entendre que les extra-terrestres pourraient très bien exister et qu’ils ne seraient pas aussi sympathiques que le célèbre E.T. Si tel était le cas, serions-nous prêts à faire face à une invasion de petits êtres venus d’ailleurs ? Pour tenter de répondre à cette question, l’actrice Michelle Rodriguez, remarquée dans « Avatar » et la série « Lost », réunit de grands scientifiques, des stratèges militaires et des écrivains pour imaginer et mettre en scène ce qui se passerait si les extra-terrestres attaquaient la Terre et déterminer le moment où cela serait susceptible de se produire.

Épisode 3 - Why Is Sex Fun?

21 août 2011

Maggie Gyllenhaal hosts a revealing investigation into the mechanics and chemistry of female orgasm.

Épisode 4 - What Sank Titanic?

28 août 2011

By drawing on detailed trial records, a picture emerges of both the science and the human drama behind the sinking of the Titanic.

Épisode 5 - Parallel Universes: Are They Real?

4 septembre 2011 - 5/5

Morgan Freeman mène l’enquête pour tenter de découvrir s’il pourrait exister plusieurs versions de la réalité. Tandis que les scientifiques débattent pour apporter une réponse à cette question, une possibilité encore plus incroyable commence à voir le jour : si ces mondes parallèles existaient bel et bien, ils pourraient déterminer le destin de l'univers tout entier. À travers plusieurs témoignages, les spécialistes nous expliquent les théories de la matière et de l’antimatière, ainsi que celle des trous noirs, et nous dévoilent les scénarios effrayants de ce qui pourrait se produire si ces univers parallèles venaient un jour à entrer en contact.

Épisode 6 - What's Beneath America?

11 septembre 2011

Everything which has made America bountiful and powerful is a product of forces which date back billions of years. How have earth's ancient forces made America what it is today?

Épisode 7 - How Will the World End?

18 septembre 2011

Quelle est la probabilité d’une apocalypse planétaire ? A quel moment ? Comment ? À l'aide des dernières données géologiques, ce spectaculaire programme composé d'images numériques envisage la fin du monde. Samuel L. Jackson explore cette hypothèse d'un point de vue scientifique.

Épisode 8 - Atlantis Uncovered

25 septembre 2011

For centuries, Atlantis has been a myth. But in the last decade archaeologists have uncovered new finds which could reveal the location of this ancient apocalypse. Mixing dramatic recreation with science, this story is told by "Lost" star, Terry O'Quinn.

Épisode 9 - I, Caveman - Back to the Stone Age (1)

2 octobre 2011

Were we better off as cavemen? Morgan Spurlock ("Super Size Me") joins nine ordinary men and women in an attempt to survive in the wild using only stone-age technology. Cold, dehydration, and hunger threaten to derail the experiment from the start.

Épisode 10 - I, Caveman - The Great Hunt (2)

2 octobre 2011 - 5/5

Morgan Spurlock ("Super Size Me") and his group continue their experiment to live in the wild only stone-age technology. Hunger and deprivation push the group to the brink of failure. Can a successful elk hunt save them?

Épisode 11 - Egypt: What Lies Beneath

9 octobre 2011

Only 1% of Ancient Egypt has been discovered - 99% remains hidden. Now for the first time, we can reveal it. Using unique satellite archaeology to blow away the sands, this landmark film reveals Egypt's ancient land as it was 4,000 years ago.

Épisode 12 - Can You Live Forever?

16 octobre 2011

Adam Savage, l’un des co-animateurs de la série « Mythbusters », révèle s'il est possible de vivre éternellement et explore le transhumanisme, la sauvegarde du cerveau, l’auto-régénération des organes et la transplantation d’un corps entier.

Épisode 13 - World's Dirtiest Man

23 octobre 2011

Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs) becomes a human lab rat to learn firsthand to uncover the hidden world of creepy crawlies that live on the human body. Revealing a wild jungle of unseen creatures, you'll never look at your body the same way again.

Épisode 14 - How Evil Are You?

30 octobre 2011

Eli Roth, director of horror classic Hostel, is searching for the true nature of Evil. In a series of experiments, he examines what causes people to perform evil acts, then the daring test of all-could ordinary people perform acts of violence on strangers

Épisode 15 - Life Before Birth

6 novembre 2011 - 5/5

It's meant to be a joyous event - in reality, it's a gripping battle for survival. Using cutting edge technology, we go inside the womb and follow the story from conception to birth, showing how the struggle for life turns into the miracle of birth.

Épisode 16 - What's America Worth?

13 novembre 2011

Ever thought how much America is worth? Imagine putting a dollar amount on everything in America -all the land, the resources under our feet, our homes, even the water we drink. For the first time, Donald Trump puts a value on it all.

Épisode 17 - Your Body on Drugs

20 novembre 2011

Comment agissent les médicaments sur le corps et le cerveau? Pourquoi créent-ils une dépendance? Suivez Robin Williams à travers un voyage choc dans la psychophysiologie des médicaments psychotropes.

Épisode 1 - Plane Crash

7 octobre 2012 - 3/5

Season 2 of Curiosity is getting things started with a bang. OK, it's more than a bang. A whole lot more. In a TV first, Discovery Channel remote control crashed a 727 plane. Yes, you read that right - CRASHED A PLANE. In the name of science, of course. The Boeing 727 passenger jet was deliberately crashed in a remote and unpopulated part of the Sonoran Desert, to recreate a serious, but survivable, passenger jet crash landing. Narrated by actor Josh Charles (THE GOOD WIFE), this episode takes viewers inside a full-size passenger airplane on its final flight. An international team of experts is using this amazing event to study the crashworthiness of the aircraft's airframe and cabin as well as the impact of crashes on the human body. What they find could be used to make planes safer!

Épisode 2 - The Devil's Triangle

14 octobre 2012 - 3.5/5

In December 1945, five U.S. Navy bombers set out on a training mission from south Florida, heading east over the Atlantic Ocean. After the planes and their crew failed to return to base, another plane was sent out to find the missing men. Neither the original planes nor the rescue plane were ever seen again. Magazines and newspapers reporting on this mysterious event began to refer to the area as the Bermuda Triangle. Over time, the name stuck, as members of the media continued to catalog other strange disappearances and mysterious happenings in that area. In the last hundred years, countless lives have been lost but nobody is really sure why. People have blamed everything from space aliens to sea monsters for the disappearances of ships and aircraft between Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Miami. But what's really going on? Is it some form of extreme weather? Could it be a rare ocean phenomenon? Or is something else at work? In Curiosity's The Devil's Triangle, a team of investigators go deep into the triangle to explore ocean floor wrecks and stage experiments to tackle the mystery once and for all.

Épisode 3 - I Was Mummified

21 octobre 2012 - 4.5/5

From museums to monster flicks, we're all pretty familiar with mummies. But how much do we really know about them? Turns out, there's quite a bit of missing information -- particularly in regard to the actual process the Egyptians used some 3,000 years ago to preserve their dead. In this compelling episode, Curiosity follows a team of scientists and experts as they attempt to crack the ancient and arresting recipe, and perform a modern-day mummification.

Épisode 4 - Brainwashed

28 octobre 2012 - 5/5

In this episode of Curiosity, we delve into an intriguing -- yet controversial -- topic. If you've read or seen the Manchurian Candidate, then you might be familiar with the big question Brainwashed is trying to answer: Could someone be brainwashed into being an assassin, going against his or her own natural will to commit murder? A team of scientists, with the help of world-renowned hypnotherapist Tom Silver, set out to discover whether we truly are in command of our own minds in this audacious experiment to see if ordinary people can be brainwashed and turned into assassins.

Épisode 5 - Battlefield Cell

4 novembre 2012 - 5/5

As fall gives way to winter, we all know what that means ... tis the season! And we're not talking holidays -- we're talking flu season. Ever wonder what's going on inside your body when it's under attack? Just how does your body fight back to stop a virus from advancing. Every day, trillions of cells inside your body engage in a life and death struggle with viruses and a variety of enemy intruders. This episode of Curiosity presents that battle in all its surprisingly stunning glory as it explores the once invisible world of the human cell. Based on the latest scientific research -- combined with new imaging and CGI technologies -- we expose this world like never before by revealing a human cell's 48-hour battle to the death with a virus.

Épisode 6 - Sex in America

11 novembre 2012 - 4/5

It's an all-American pastime. And if you watched the Season 1 episode hosted by Maggie Gyllenhaal, you know why it's so much fun. This season, we're tackling the topic again -- but this time in an even bigger way by looking at the largest national U.S. sex survey to see what sex in the 21st Century is all about. No questions were too bold for the Indiana University national survey. In fact, only one other survey has ever asked so many Americans such a wide range of questions about sex -- and that was conducted 60 years ago. Over the course of a decade, Alfred Kinsey and his research team conducted thousands of interviews questioning Americans about their most intimate sexual practices -- the results were revolutionary. But how dated has that research become -- and how much has sex in America changed in the last six decades? In “Sex in America,” airing Sunday, Nov. 11, Curiosity looks at America’s sex life and teams up with the famed Kinsey Institute to see what people are really up to in bed and with whom.

Épisode 7 - Megastorm

18 novembre 2012 - 3/5

One of the most treacherous weather events to hit the United States, Hurricane Sandy has affected millions. But how did this so called "frankenstorm" become so powerful? Using on-the-ground expert analysis and CGI and satellite imaging, Curiosity explores how distinct phenomena combined to create the perfect storm and how we can prepare for the next one. The episode also takes viewers inside the storm via on-the-ground camera and smartphone footage from Sandy survivors. Watch as they share their stories, some narrowly escaping the megastorm, and recount what it was like as Sandy engulfed their city.

Épisode 8 - Mankind Rising

25 novembre 2012 - 4/5

How did we get here? In this episode -- Mankind Rising -- Curiosity answers this question by tracing the ultimate adventure: Mankind's journey of life from the first cell to present day. This is the improbable story of human existence -- where we’ve risen from raw materials of Earth to the big-brained, two-legged mammals we are today. One change or predator along the way and this story would have never been told.

Épisode 9 - Volcano Time Bomb

9 décembre 2012 - 3/5

Millions of people live in the shadow of active volcanoes never knowing when their volatile neighbors could blow. In fact, predicting when a volcano will erupt is nearly impossible. But scientists around the world are getting closer to unlocking their deadly secrets. In this episode of Curiosity, you'll join the world's leading experts as they use state-of-the-art CGI compositing techniques to journey into the heart of these frightening powerhouses to demonstrate how they work and why they are so difficult to understand.

Épisode 10 - What Destroyed the Hindenburg?

16 décembre 2012 - 4/5

There are dozens of theories about what caused the calamitous crash of the Hindenburg on May 6, 1937. But what really happened? In this episode of Curiosity, a team of aeronautical engineers sets out to see which theory is correct by building three perfectly accurate 50-foot replicas of the ill-fated airship. Those who tune in will get to see these experts put the leading theories to the test and find out what really destroyed the Hindenburg.

Épisode 11 - X-Ray: Yellowstone

23 décembre 2012 - 3/5

With more than 2 million acres of some of America's most rugged, yet beautiful, terrain, Yellowstone Park is not only a national treasure, it's also home to hundreds of species. But beneath its breathtaking beauty lie many unsolved mysteries. In this episode, Curiosity -- with the help of some truly cutting edge imaging technology -- peels back the layers to reveal the invisible forces at work in this iconic place. From the race to predict a massive volcanic eruption and exposing other deadly forces at work to hunting a microscopic predator and seeing nature’s engineering marvels like never before, this is Yellowstone as you’ve never seen it.

Épisode 12 - Sun Storm

30 décembre 2012 - 3/5

You probably already know that the sun is super old (4 billion years) and incredibly hot (10,000 degrees Fahrenheit). And you might even know that, since it's a giant ball of plasma, it's packed with energy (it will likely blaze for another 6 billion years). It's a friendly neighbor, too -- providing heat and light that make life here on Earth possible. But all isn't entirely rosy. Did you know our sun has a dark side? It's capable of massive destruction! On its surface, a massive storm is brewing -- one so large that it could knock out the power grid, crippling everything from communications systems to banking systems to our water supply. But how prepared are we for a massive solar storm? In this episode, Curiosity goes on a virtual expedition through the heart of the sun to see how these super solar storms form and more.

Épisode 13 - Monster Squid: The Giant is Real

27 janvier 2013 - 4/5

Footage of where the giant squid lives is revealed.

Épisode 14 - Stonehenge: Secrets of the Stones

19 septembre 2015 - 3/5