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Describes space garbage, from mislaid cameras and tools to abandoned satellites and moon vehicles, and includes sections on how they got there, potential hazards to navigation, orbits, etc.

"Sister Wendy Beckett comes to America for a spectacular tour that blends art, history, culture and storytelling into one delightful experience...as she guides you through six of America's greatest art museums."

Eleven thousand years ago, the world's temperatures suddenly rose drastically, creating a climate shift within a human lifetime that is nearly unimaginable. Miles deep, the frigid expanse holds 70 percent of the world's fresh water in a deep freeze cold enough to shatter steel. Recently things have been heating up. In 1995, an iceberg the size of Rhode Island broke off from the Larsen ice shelf along the Antarctic coast, hinting at a potential meltdown....

This four-episode NOVA program investigates how the brain functions. Hosted by astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson, the first episode examines whether the secrets behind magic tricks are actually wired into the human brain. In the second episode, Tyson investigates artificial intelligence and whether a robot can really be created to act, learn and think like a human. Scientists study mind control by "hacking" into the human...

Series uses the popular telenovela format to present vocabulary, structures, and functions in a natural, conversational way, emphasizing comprehension through context and actions. Story line involves Raquel Rodríguez, an attorney from Los Angeles, who is hired by an aging Mexican industrialist to investigate a long-buried secret about his past. Her task takes her to Mexico City, Seville, Madrid, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, and Puerto Rico, providing...

Intimate portrait of a great artist and ardent environmentalist-for whom life and art, photography and wilderness, creativity and communication, love and expression, were inextricably connected.

Machines with human-like capabilities have long been the stuff of science fiction. Until now. Meet the world's most advanced humanoid robots as they leave the lab, battle real-world challenges, and endeavor to become part of everyday lives.

The feature film The great escape was based on this true event. Over six hundred Allied prisoners dug three highly sophisticated tunnels in a plan to escape from Stalag Luft III. On the night of March 24, 1944 two hundred prisoners began their escape. The German guards spotted the seventy-seventh man coming out of the tunnel, but seventy-six prisoners made their escape.

Nearly 2000 years ago, a dark, inhospitable cave located in a canyon near the Dead Sea was a secret hideout for Jewish refugees fleeing for their lives from the oppressive rule of the Roman Empire. In 1960, archaeologists discovered dramatic letters.