Category: Science
TERRA 609: Spaced Out
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What is life? Do we need to define it on order to study its origins? What does it even mean "to define" something? For scientists in more established fields, such as physics or chemistry, these questions are nice to p...
TERRA 901: Living in Pele’s Paradise (Part 1)
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A famous eruption of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i, started in 1959 with spectacular fountains of lava and ended in 1960 with the tragic destruction of the village of Kapoho. This movie (part 1 of 2) tells the story of the...
TERRA 703: Lines In The Sand
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In 1998, Dr. James Thomson perfected a method to grow human Embryonic Stem Cells in a laboratory environment. His discovery sparked a new debate in what historically has been a long line of moral dilemmas initiated by...
TERRA 450: Frog, Chemical, Water, You – Part 3
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Amphibians are indicator species. Because of their sensitive permeable skin, scientists use amphibians to gauge the overall health of the worldwide ecosystem that we all share. So with nearly half of the world's amphi...
TERRA 825: WildFIRE PIRE: The Cradle of Fire
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WildFIRE PIRE is a National Science Foundation five-year project that is an international partnership coordinated by the Montana Institute on Ecosystems and Montana State University that focuses on the causes and cons...
TERRA 1010: Avalanche Engineers
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AVALANCHE ENGINEERS is the story of two scientists who delve deep into the mysteries of the snowpack to find out how a snowflake becomes an avalanche. Filmed in Bozeman, Montana, this minidoc takes you on a...
TERRA 430: An Interview with Jay Harman
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The Terra team have been lucky enough to travel the country and meet some truly amazing people. However, we haven't always been able to offer all our interviews online - until now! Jay Harman will kick off our serie...
TERRA 304: Jewels of The Jungle – Part 2
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In the second installment of "Jewels of the Jungle," Dr. Strobel's worldwide quest for the next super drug continues in the laboratory as he investigates endophytes. What is so special about these tiny symbiotic micro...
TERRA 232: A Corpse Flower Grows in Brooklyn
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Brooklyn is indeed home to many noxious smells, but perhaps the most intriguing one in recent history occurred during the peak blooming hours of the Amorphophallus titanum in the early morning of August 11th at the Br...
TERRA 445: Coronal Mass Ejections
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"Coronal Mass Ejections" seeks to explain a highly technical phenomena through compelling interviews with top scientists and amazing graphics depicting our solar system. However, the film also seeks to make the point ...
TERRA 712: Vitamin ConspiraC
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Do you take vitamin C when you get sick? Well, now you don’t have to! Filmmaker Christina Choate urges you to skip the pill and eat plants instead. In her quest to find the truth about vitamin C, she introduces ...
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 1033: InSex Episode 1: Luminescent Lovers
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Join host Kevin Collins for a raunchy look into the sex lives of fireflies.
TERRA 904: WildFIRE PIRE: Maori Word for Fire
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When the Maori arrived to New Zealand in 900AD, it was one of the last places to be settled on Earth by humans. They brought many elements of their Polynesian culture to the Islands, but none transformed the landscape...
TERRA 342: Water for Tea
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NASA has been sending up space shuttles for as long as I can remember. But what you might not know is that not all the missions you see take off from Cape Canavarel are about landing on the moon or sending someone to ...
