Category: Science
TERRA 1025: Your Brain on Music
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Music moves us from the inside out. Whether its smooth jazz, hair metal, or hokey tonk, music has an undeniably powerful effect upon our emotions and behavior. Through following sound’s journey through the brain, this...
TERRA 613: Biofilm
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"Biofilm" is an introduction to a relatively new field of medical research that investigates bacteria colonies known as biofilm. Recent research has shown that biofilm colonies often inhabit wounds of immuno-compromis...
TERRA 239: The Last Run – Part 3
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Part Three of "THE LAST RUN" chronicles the spawn, the critical final chapter in the salmon life cycle. In 2002, under pressure from a serious drought, upstream farmers were authorized by the President of the United S...
TERRA 340: A Life with Skulls – Part 2
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Ray Bandar is not your average museum curator. How could he be with nicknames like Dr. Bones and Reptile Ray? He spends his days dressed in tattered clothes, walking San Francisco's beaches in search of the ultimate s...
TERRA 608: The Species Problem
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These days the term 'species' is thrown around as if it were a definite unit, but the realities of defining a species are much trickier, and more contentious, than they seem. ;Biologists have argued over the definitio...
TERRA 907: Beating Batten
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Genetics and stem cell research draw a huge controversy. Underlined by the background story of Sara, who suffered an unusual and rare disease, we explore the inspiration and the driving forces for research. As long as...
TERRA 303: Jewels of the Jungle – Part 1
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Dr. Gary Strobel's signature red stocking cap lives in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Why? Strobel is one of only a handful of plant scientists scouring the planet the old-fashioned way for the n...
TERRA 349: A Wild Beetle Chase
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Have you ever stopped to consider how many species of beetles there are in the world? The answer is a lot! No-one knows for sure how many there are, but there is a group of people trying to find new species. Their met...
TERRA 702: Why is Science Important?
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Science teacher and film-maker Alom Shaha sets out to uncover a genuinely satisfying answer to his students' most common question: why is science important?
TERRA 1101: The Owls of Montana – Episode 2
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This second episode of a 2-part series on Montana's owls gets up close and personal! Distill Productions follows along with the team at the Owl Research Institute as they trap and tag Boreal, Northern Sah-wet, and Sho...
TERRA 811: Floods at Campo de la Cruz – Faces
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The films of Campo de la Cruz, Faces and Voices, are a complementary approach to tell the story of the catastrophic floods that occurred in Colombia's Caribbean Coast, during the rainy season of 2010-2011. After sever...
TERRA 820: Your Body on Burgers
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Meet Brett. He doesn't know it but he's addicted to food... Your Body on Burgers is a unique look at new research regarding food addiction and how certain products can change our brain and body in ways we wouldn't exp...
TERRA 1024: Purebred – From Poodles to Pit Bulls
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After thousands of years of breeding, modern dogs are left contending against many genetic deformations. In an attempt to find a better future for our canine companions, Hans and his dog Elfi explore canine genetics f...
TERRA 321: Jewels of the Jungle – Series 2 – Part 1
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"Jewels of the Jungle" is back by popular demand! Picking up where we left off from the first half of Jewels, the second series continues plant scientist Dr. Gary Strobel's amazing journey around the world to discover...
TERRA 1004: Sunken Stories
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A shipwreck is mystery, power, romance and danger. There’s a magic to watching one never seen by human eyes materialize from the darkness of the deep ocean. Sunken Stories follows the initial survey of a newly discove...
