历史学家贝特尼·休斯（Bettany Hughes）前往印度、希腊和中国，跟随古代三位哲学圣贤——佛陀乔达摩·悉达多、苏格拉底和孔子——的足迹开始了一段旅行。　　对自然和神灵的迷信曾长时间统制人类，然而大约2500年前，三位相隔千里的哲学…

Horizon reveals how new archaeological discoveries are painting a different picture of the very first native Britons. For centuries it's been thought that these hunter-gatherers lived a brutal, hand-to-mouth existence. B…

The team investigate the use of modern medical technology to scan Egyptian animal mummies from museums across the world. By creating 3-D images of their content, experts are discovering the truth about the strange role a…

Imagine a world where dinosaurs still walk the earth. A world where the Germans won World War II and you are president of the United States. Imagine a world where the laws of physics no longer apply and where infinite co…

本部纪录片是英国BBC地平线系列中的一部。这让我们又爱又恨的神奇液体，就是一种泛滥成灾的成瘾品——酒。戒毒专家约翰·马斯登亲身说法，从专业和个性化的角度探索我们与酒精之间的关系，用科学的观点介绍人们对酒的依赖。　　酒精是迄…

Adam Rutherford meets a new creature created by American scientists - the spider-goat. It is part goat, part spider, and its milk can be used to create artificial spider's web.　　It is part of a new field of research, syn…

水是生命之源，科学家用望远镜和探测器寻找地球之外的水源，从地球环境模拟生态演变，发现太阳系的多颗行星和卫星都有汪洋迹象，并可能有生命存活至今。我们苦苦寻找的外星生命，也许就近在身边，这结论挺叫人兴奋的。

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