Curiosity Stream

'Snowball Earth' is the most extreme period of cold our planet has witnessed, with ice encasing Earth from the poles to the equator. Somehow, new life manages to survive.

Ancestors of modern complex organisms emerged 540 million years ago, 300 million years later, massive volcanic eruptions trigger the Earth's most severe mass extinctions.

Dinosaurs dominated for 150 million years, then suddenly vanished 66 million years ago. Experts use the latest scientific methods to discover what killed the dinosaurs.

Since humans became the Earth's dominant species, they have faced threats from both above and below. Today, scientists use new technology to mitigate future catastrophes.

Hurricanes, cyclones, tornadoes, twisters and typhoons are all powerful wind storms that leave devastation in their wake all across the globe.

From flash floods to hurricanes to tsunamis, is a changing climate making these devastating floods more likely and their impact more severe?

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests as they turn up the thermostat and discover the role heat plays in science.

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests discover the unstable world of elemental gasses.

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests as they taste the scientific rainbow. This week's experiments highlight how electricity can tint titanium.

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests as they make science look like sorcery. This week's experiments delve into the possibilities of mind control, why objects and people?

Dr Jack meets people who can smell sounds, taste words and hear flavours. Magician Pete confuses our sight, smell and touch.

Dr Jack meets a woman with no sense of time and discovers how time speeds up and slows down depending on the situation we are in.

Things get personal in this episode as we explore something that is a threat to all of us wherever we live: the epidemic and its global big brother, the pandemic.

In this installment, we turn up the heat to examine a natural phenomenon that is both a friend and a foe to humankind.

Hurricanes, cyclones, tornadoes, twisters and typhoons are all powerful wind storms that leave devastation in their wake all across the globe.

From flash floods to hurricanes to tsunamis, is a changing climate making these devastating floods more likely and their impact more severe?

Ours is a dangerous world where geological mishaps-avalanches, landslides, heat waves, sinkholes and blizzards-can spell disaster almost as much as the big cataclysms.

Our focus for this chilling but fascinating episode is when humans are a serious danger to themselves through nuclear and industrial accidents.

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests as they taste the scientific rainbow. This week's experiments highlight how electricity can tint titanium.

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests as they break open the atomic bonds that connect our world. This week's experiments blow open the science behind creating a glowing.

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests as they make science look like sorcery. This week's experiments delve into the possibilities of mind control, why objects and people?

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests as they tune into the science behind sound. This week's experiments hit high notes as we discover the physics of theremins.

Dr Jack meets Wim Hof, 'The Iceman', and finds out how our mind controls our experience of pain. He tests out his own pain barrier.

Dr Jack meets people who can smell sounds, taste words and hear flavours. Magician Pete confuses our sight, smell and touch.

This episode charts a sobering course through the choppy seas of maritime disasters involving luxury liners, routine ferry trips, an oil tanker, and modern piracy.

In this episode, we see that though many improvements in aviation technology have lessened the dangers of flying over the years, the risks have not all been eliminated.

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests as they make science look like sorcery. This week's experiments delve into the possibilities of mind control, why objects and people?

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests as they tune into the science behind sound. This week's experiments hit high notes as we discover the physics of theremins.

Dog drool leads to phone addiction, and the accidents behind Teflon, dynamite, and wifi.

Dr Jack explores the origins of creativity and meets a man who developed an amazing talent for art after suffering a brain trauma.

Dr Jack meets Wim Hof, 'The Iceman', and finds out how our mind controls our experience of pain. He tests out his own pain barrier.

Ours is a dangerous world where geological mishaps-avalanches, landslides, heat waves, sinkholes and blizzards-can spell disaster almost as much as the big cataclysms.

Our focus for this chilling but fascinating episode is when humans are a serious danger to themselves through nuclear and industrial accidents.

This episode charts a sobering course through the choppy seas of maritime disasters involving luxury liners, routine ferry trips, an oil tanker, and modern piracy.

In this episode, we see that though many improvements in aviation technology have lessened the dangers of flying over the years, the risks have not all been eliminated.

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests as they make science look like sorcery. This week's experiments delve into the possibilities of mind control, why objects and people?

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests as they tune into the science behind sound. This week's experiments hit high notes as we discover the physics of theremins.

Dog drool leads to phone addiction, and the accidents behind Teflon, dynamite, and wifi.

Dr Jack explores the origins of creativity and meets a man who developed an amazing talent for art after suffering a brain trauma.

Dr Jack meets Wim Hof, 'The Iceman', and finds out how our mind controls our experience of pain. He tests out his own pain barrier.

Ours is a dangerous world where geological mishaps-avalanches, landslides, heat waves, sinkholes and blizzards-can spell disaster almost as much as the big cataclysms.

Our focus for this chilling but fascinating episode is when humans are a serious danger to themselves through nuclear and industrial accidents.

When the lost tomb of an obscure teenage pharaoh is opened in 1922, Tut-mania is born and the world goes mad for his gold, his eye-liner and his Curse.

When WW2 breaks out between Britain and Germany, the Royal Navy must find a way to sink the German U-boats before they cut off their vital transatlantic shipping routes.

Dönitz's U-boats continue to terrorise the transatlantic routes. In Britain, the WRENS prepare to frustrate his plans, while the Royal Navy turns to a retired wargamer.

On the second of August 1980. A suitcase is left in the lobby of Bologna Central Station, exploding not long after. The explosion rips the station building apart.

30 September 1956. For over a century, Algeria has been a colony of France. A young Algerian woman visits a bar in the European quarter of Algiers.

Discover the secrets of five of the greatest real-life heists in criminal history and find out who gets away with it and who doesn't.

When the lost tomb of an obscure teenage pharaoh is opened in 1922, Tut-mania is born and the world goes mad for his gold, his eye-liner and his Curse.

In the last year of World War 2, two gigantic armies charge across northern Europe in a race to see who can topple Hitler and grab the spoils of victory.

Dönitz's U-boats continue to terrorise the transatlantic routes. In Britain, the WRENS prepare to frustrate his plans, while the Royal Navy turns to a retired wargamer.

Gilbert Roberts sets up a tactical school to counter the U-boats. He enlists the help of Jean Laidlaw and a small team of Wrens, to wargame battles.

Twelve October 2000. The American naval vessel USS Cole docks in Aden, Yemen to refuel. Two men approach in a small boat. Waving to the crew before ramming into the ship.

On the second of August 1980. A suitcase is left in the lobby of Bologna Central Station, exploding not long after. The explosion rips the station building apart.

Money is just the tip of the iceberg, uncover the surprising spread of the gender gap throughout our world.

Gilbert Roberts sets up a tactical school to counter the U-boats. He enlists the help of Jean Laidlaw and a small team of Wrens, to wargame battles.

Roberts and Laidlaw must convince the top brass that their new tactic can fight back against the U-boats.

July 2011. Anders Breivik detonates a bomb in Oslo's government quarter. In the midst he drives to the island of Utøya. Upon arrival he opens fire on the young adults.

Twelve October 2000. The American naval vessel USS Cole docks in Aden, Yemen to refuel. Two men approach in a small boat. Waving to the crew before ramming into the ship.

In the last year of World War 2, two gigantic armies charge across northern Europe in a race to see who can topple Hitler and grab the spoils of victory.