Today we take another exciting odyssey through the Known Universe and examine the complex cycles of life and death that shape our existence.
The world didn't end on May 21st, 2011 as some feared, but someday it will, and not just on Earth, but for asteroids, comets, moons, planets, stars and everything in our Known Universe. To demonstrate this complex cycle of life and death,scientist David Kaplan watches the destruction of a 16-story building shattering the structure while creating new matter and debris. We'll also see how a wildfire compares to the ignition of a supernova deep in space, and step inside a black hole simulator.
I'm sure we have all seen science fiction movies were a person's brain is hooked up to some sort of machine and we can see images of what the person is thinking. I always thought that will always be pure fantasy but it appears I was wrong:
Utilizing functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and computer models, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have been able to visually reconstruct the brain activity of human subjects watching movie trailers - in other words, they could see what the people's brains were seeing.
The study involved placing three subjects in an MRI scanner, and having them watch two sets of Hollywood movie trailers while in it. The fMRI was used to measure blood flow through their brains' visual cortex, as they were watching the trailers. A computer used this data to virtually divide their brains into small three-dimensional cubes called voxels. Computer models of each voxel were then created, incorporating information about how that real-life section of the brain responded to different types of visual stimuli. In this way, the computer was able to match up specific voxel activity with specific visual patterns from the trailers - it acted as a Rosetta Stone, of sorts.....
Today on Discovery Enterprise we highlight the outstanding work
of the Near Earth Object (NEO) working group within the Space Generation
Advisory Council.
The Space Generation Advisory Council supports the United Nations Programme on Space
Applications and is a non-governmental organization which aims to bring the
views of students and young space professionals before the United Nations,
Space Agencies and other organisations from all over the world.
The Near Earth
Object (NEO) working group is dedicated to helping the worldwide planetary
defence community to meet one of nature's greatest challenges. The group
provides a youth perspective to planetary defence through annual reports,
competitions, conference attendance, and public outreach projects related to
Near Earth Objects.
The Principle Behind Dr. Ronald Mallett’s Time Machine
Is time travel possible? It was long relegated to the realm of science
fiction, but some scientists now believe that time travel is not only possible
but inevitable.
Albert Einstein redefined our understanding about the nature of gravity
and showed us we inhabit a universe in which the very fabric of space-time is
malleable and can be warped by any object with mass. But, what happens when
space-time is not only warped but twisted? And, could this be done with the
help of a laser beam?
Today on Discovery Enterprise we present another exciting episode of the acclaimed documentary series Ancient Discoverieswhich explores the defences of ancient forts and cities.
Holding off invasion and protecting its people,ancient civilizations came up with creative, efficient and effective means of self-protection and defence.
Today on Discovery Enterprise we are going to embark on a voyageof exploration and discovery into the last great frontier on our planet – TheOceans.
The sea is an alien realm we can enter only briefly,filled with creatures we have only begun to study. Over the last few decades, anumber of people have devoted their lives to solving its mysteries andwitnessing its special events. Among them is diver, naturalist andcinematographer Feodor Pitcairn, who has carried advanced photographic andvideo equipment – including High-Definition cameras – into the deep to capturethe most accurate and vivid images possible of a world most of us will neversee.
Commissioned by the Smithsonian's National Museumof Natural History, Ocean Odysseytakes viewers on an undersea journey to remote and magical places. FollowFeodor Pitcairn, a pioneer in underwater HD cinematography, as he explores themarine ecosystems of the Galápagos Islands, Raja Ampat in Indonesia, theMaldives, the Azores, Hawaii, the Caribbean, the Bahamas, the Channel Islands,British Columbia, the Gulf of Mexico, French Polynesia and Belize. Filmed inhigh definition, with commentary by Feodor Pitcairn and fellow cinematographerBob Cranston, Ocean Odyssey is astunning film that reveals some of the most amazing underwater footage everseen and offers reflections by two of the most prominent cinematographers atwork today.
Ocean Odyssey is an exciting documentary you will want to add to your collectionand is available on DVD from Amazon.com.
Today on Discovery Enterprise we present the first
episode of the acclaimed documentary series Mystery Quest that investigates whether
or not Adolf Hitler really committed suicide as Soviet Forces invaded Berlin,
or managed to escape the country since no body was ever produced.
The Activelink Power Loader is a powerful robotic exoskeleton suit that gives its operator superhuman strength. ~ Copyright 2011 National Geographic Channel.
Superhuman capabilities like running faster than a
speeding bullet or being more powerful than a locomotive could be available at
the push of a button.
Today on Discovery Enterprise we present Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster, a biographical drama about the
life of Mary Shelley the author of Frankenstein.
This is the extraordinary story of how the 19-year-old
Mary Shelley created Frankenstein, one of the world's most terrifying monsters.
Daughter of MaryWollstonecraft, wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley and close friend to Lord
Byron, Mary Shelley's life was every bit as extraordinary as that of her most
famous work.
On September 8th, 1966 Television boldly went where it never went before. Today on Discovery Enterprise we celebrate the forty-fifth anniversary of Star Trek and its enduring legacy.
For the first time in Star Trek history, five of the final frontier's greatest names have been brought together for a seventy minute rare and unprecedented round table event.
Today on
Discovery Enterprise
we play tribute to the fallen of 9/11. Let us never forget the ultimate sacrifice
of the men and women of the New York Police Department (NYPD), the New York Fire Department (NYFD) and other emergency
workers who died in the line of duty trying to help the victims of this
senseless act of terrorism.
To New York’s finest and bravest and the many others who had fallen that fateful day
– we will never forget you.
A Tribute to the Fallen of 9/11
9/11 Tribute to the NYPD and NYFD
Alan Jackson's song "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning?" Dedicated to the victims and heroes of 9/11.
Today on Discovery Enterprise we present a documentary entitled
"Solar force".
Do the sun's invisible cosmic rays influence our
weather? Can solar winds impact Earth? Explore the ways fluctuations in the
sun's energy influence our climate.
I recently came across the mention of a new Miniseries
entitled L5 on Kickstarter rather serendipitously when I was looking for information
concerning the IMAX 3D motion picture L5: First City in Space.
Imagine returning from an exhausting adventure only to find that
your home is abandoned, empty. Not just your home, but your neighborhood, your
city, in fact, everyone, everywhere, seems to be missing. This is what happens
to the crew of the first manned mission to Barnard's Star - they return after
awakening from suspended animation to find that their ship-board AI has sent
them on a relativistic tour of the stellar neighborhood while they slumbered,
dilating time so severely that nearly 200 years have passed on Earth. After
coming to, they discover their vessel is adrift at Lagrange point 5, within
visual range of a vast O'Neill cylinder-colony. The night side of the Earth
shows no lights, and no one answers their calls across all frequencies. They
have no choice but to dock with the colony and explore its cavernous interior
in the hopes of finding help. When they find the colony to be airless and
devoid of life, the remains of human civilization baking in the Sun for
decades, their predicament becomes even more dire. Following in the traditions
of great legendary hard science fiction, their exploration of this relic of
their own civilization will take them on a trans-humanistic and spiritual
sojourn.
It has been said that reading is fundamental to a child’s education. In fact at least one philanthropic organization in the United States, Reading is Fundamental (RIF) is devoted to the mission creating and fostering “a literate America in which all children have access to books and discover the joys and value of reading”.
Today on Discovery Enterprise we present another exciting instalment of the acclaimed BBC science documentary series Horizon, entitled “Why Reading Matters” presented and narrated by science writer Rita Carter that offers scientific evidence that reading is indeed fundamental to a child’s education and is an activity which benefits all of us throughout our lives.
Today on Discover Enterprise we reveal “startling” new evidence thatwill reveal the mystery of what is really flying in our skies.
Are aliens really out there? You've heard tales of little green men from other planets,but these are normally consigned to urban legends and sci-fi fables.
However, a dossier of files released by the Ministry of Defence last year proves just how seriously some of these close encounters are taken by the government. Discover the truth in UFO UK:New Evidence.
Today on Discovery Enterprise we explore a very explosive question: What would happen if the"mega-volcano" underneath Yellowstone National Park erupted?
The world's largest, most active volcano system exists in the western United States. Some six hundred and fifty thousand years ago, the Yellowstone Volcano erupted. Lava and pyroclastic flows covered three thousand square miles with an ash some three feet thick.
Today on Discovery Enterprise we travel back in time to Europe in the closing months of the Second World War to join the hunt for Hitler’s scientists.
This hunt would also reveal the horrible crimes and the terrible toll in human suffering committed by the Nazis in their mad pursuit of world domination and perverted science.
The British, American, and Russian governments were not content to sit idly by, waiting to be crushed by the advanced technology of the Nazi war machine.
In the closing months of the Second World War covert teams of commandos and spies were sent ahead of the front lines and deep into Germany, hunting for both the weapons and the scientists and engineers who created them.
Today we present another psychological profile of our favourite masked crusader.
A Mirror for the Batis a documentary about the co-dependent relationship between Batman and his rogues’gallery of villains, exploring the layered psychology behind the characters and the natures of heroism and villainy.
Today on Discovery Enterprise we have the opportunity to follow, in remarkable and breathtaking detail with the aid of an IMAX® 3D camera, the gallant efforts of seven astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
We think of the tank as a twentieth century armouredwar machine that first saw its deployment in the First World War.
The first tank to engage in battle was designated D1,a British Mark I Male, during the Battle ofFlers-Courcelette (part of the wider Sommeoffensive) on September 15th, 1916. But, the concept of the tank asa war machine has its antecedents that can be traced to classical antiquity.
An interview with Allen Sherrod prior to his world record attempt at setting a new SCUBA diving record for longest SCUBA dive. Allen is a crew member of the Atlantica Expeditions.
Today on Discovery Enterprise we will take an exciting look at our technological future.
A future filled with lots of exciting technological wonders. Imagine living on floating cities, flying to work and travelling in cars capable of operating underwater?
In this first exciting first episode of Next World:Future Life on Planet Earth we will explore how technological advances will make use of our natural resources to help provide for our ever growing population in such areas as food, water and electricity?
