Explores how the Cold War and Pentagon dollars fund the explosive growth of modern Los Angeles, creating the gargantuan "military-industrial-complex".
Los Angeles becomes America's "arsenal for democracy" during World War II while critics see an unhealthy alliance develop between the federal government and aircraft manufacturers.
2020 • Technology
Explores how the Cold War and Pentagon dollars fund the explosive growth of modern Los Angeles, creating the gargantuan "military-industrial-complex".
2020 • Technology
First-hand accounts of those who made possible mankind's greatest achievement.
2020 • Technology
Tech billionaires launch a new generation of aerospace companies, setting their sights on colonizing Mars and exploring the universe.
2020 • Technology
Explore the hidden history and super science of the glider, Super Glue and the AGA Oven
9/10 • Incredible Inventions • 2017 • Technology
Look at a parallel world that humans cannot see. Among other stories, we delve into how boxers and table tennis pros see; the skills of Shaolin Monks; the way a bee transmits the locale of flowers, and the amazing lion fish and how it hunts.
4/4 • Invisible Universe • 2016 • Technology
Should a machine know right from wrong? Enlai explores how law, ethics, and spirituality shapes artificial intelligence.
S1E3 • Becoming Human • 2020 • Technology
Space technologies are continuing to be refined and access to space is becoming cheaper. This episode looks at the development of new human-rated spacecraft, reusable boosters, laser communications, the Ion Drive, and new techniques to refuel satellites in space.
S1E13 • Zenith: Advances in Space Exploration • 2021 • Technology
Phenomena of incredible speed that we cannot see, captured in stunning detail using high-speed cameras. Watch the mechanics of dogs in motion (do their feet touch the ground?) Learn how a cat’s tongue works, experience the shockwaves of explosions, see the dynamics of fire -- and more!
3/4 • Invisible Universe • 2016 • Technology
Early in the life of the solar system, Mars appears to have had Earth-like conditions. Planetary researchers have been targeting Mars to gain insight into how our own planet developed.
S1E1 • Zenith: Advances in Space Exploration • 2021 • Technology