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The Cable That Changed the World
1h 30m
Movie 2024

The Cable That Changed the World

The first transatlantic communications cable, traversing the ocean floor from Valentia Island, County Kerry, to Newfoundland, Canada, 165 years ago was an 8 year endeavor that helped lay the foundation of the modern technology industry and explains the fragility of undersea cables today.

Once Upon A Time: Electricity
0h 47m
TV Show 2020

Once Upon A Time: Electricity

Engineering Space
TV Show 2017

Engineering Space

This is the story of the unsung heroes who took America into space.

The Time Factory
0h 52m
Movie 2021

The Time Factory

Who invented time, who invented the clock? Why 1 hour, why 60 minutes, why 60 seconds? Since prehistoric times, man has sought to measure time, to organize social and religious life, to plan food supply... Today we can surf the Internet, geolocate, pay by credit card… All our daily lives depend on time and the synchronization of clocks. The history of the invention of time and of the ways and instruments to measure it is a long story…

Klingert's Diving Suit
0h 20m
Movie 2021

Klingert's Diving Suit

Six-year-old Bi has been afraid of water since the flood took her younger brother. Her father, Karl Klingert, dedicated himself to working on the world's first diving suit. Bi thinks the suit is the monster that took over her father. With the help of Peter, a young bully from the river, she tries to destroy it before the whole family leaves Wroclaw forever.

Searching for Skylab, America's Forgotten Triumph
1h 38m
Movie 2019

Searching for Skylab, America's Forgotten Triumph

The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting these pieces back together and re-tracing the Skylab program back to its very conception reveals the cornerstone of human space exploration.

The Scientist, The Imposter and Stalin: How to Feed the People
0h 56m
Movie 2018

The Scientist, The Imposter and Stalin: How to Feed the People

The documentary tells two very different human fates in the 1920s Soviet Union. Nikolai Vavilov was a botanical genius, Trofim Lyssenko was an agronomist who made great promises and fake inventions. Each of them tried to solve the country's nutritional problem, but only one succeeded.

The Universe
0h 45m
TV Show 2007

The Universe

From the planets to the stars and out to the edge of the unknown, history and science collide in a wondrous yet deadly adventure through space and time.

100 Greatest Discoveries
0h 45m
TV Show 2004

100 Greatest Discoveries

Bill Nye walks viewers through various areas of science to show how far they've come through their beginnings until modern times.

The Fly Room
1h 23m
Movie 2014

The Fly Room

When a wide-eyed 10-year-old girl visits her fathers insect laboratory, she receives an unorthodox education in genetics.

Die Erkenntnisjäger - Revolutionäre der Physik
Movie 2014

Die Erkenntnisjäger - Revolutionäre der Physik

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