Rumskibet Nostromo fungerer som slæbebåd i rummet og er netop nu ved at fragte et kæmpe raffinaderi. De modtager et nødsignal der kunne tyde på intelligent liv, og da de undersøger sagen finder de en mængde pupper. Op af en af pupperne springer en fremmed livsform. Og da det senere bliver klart at den har lagt æg inde i kroppen på et af besætningsmedlemmer kan alle tiders mareridt begynde.
En militær rumsonde falder ned i nærheden af en lille by i New Mexico. Et hold soldater bliver sendt ud for at hente den hjem, men man hører intet fra dem. Det viser sig, at sonden har haft "noget" med fra rummet. Hvad det end er - en sygdom, eller en organisme - så har det slået alle byens beboere ihjel. Undtagen to: En gammel man og en baby. Et hold forskere bliver samlet i et tophemmeligt laboratorium i Nevada for at finde ud af, hvad der er sket. Men tiden er knap og hele menneskeheden er i fare.
Gennem et døgn følger vi livet, som det udspiller sig for myrer, biller, snegle og andre smådyr. Dyr der er uhyre almindelige, og som mange derfor overser. I denne film ser man, hvor forbløffende disse væsener egentlig er.
Fra banebrydende videnskab til moralens grænser – denne dokumentar sætter spot på et gennembrud inden for genmodificering kaldet CRISPR.
A scientist at a Florida university inadvertently creates a "rage virus" while performing experiments intended to restore dead brain tissue in baboons. When a journalist for the college paper breaks into the campus lab, he's bitten by one of the infected baboons; the virus soon spreads to a trio of rapists and a valley girl, all of whom go on killing sprees.
I denne hjerteskærende dokumentar vender en 28-årig ph.d.-studerende kameraet mod sig selv og filmer sin kamp med kronisk træthedssyndrom.
Focuses on three very different siblings, all searching for happiness. Hans-Jörg is a sex addicted librarian, who is interested in young students. Werner is a successful politician with a dysfunctional family. Agnes, a trans woman, works as a table dancer in a night club. The three brothers just have one thing in common: their longing for a happy life.
From the unique vantage point of 200 miles above Earth's surface, we see how natural forces - volcanoes, earthquakes and hurricanes - affect our world, and how a powerful new force - humankind - has begun to alter the face of the planet. From Amazon rain forests to Serengeti grasslands, Blue Planet inspires a new appreciation of life on Earth, our only home.
An African narrator tells the story of earth history, the birth of the universe and evolution of life. Beautiful imagery makes this movie documentary complete.
Using spectacular graphics based on the latest science and stories of remarkable people around the world, Michael Mosley takes us on a fantastic voyage through our inner universe.
Darwin's great insight – that life has evolved over millions of years by natural selection – has been the cornerstone of all David Attenborough’s natural history series. In this documentary, he takes us on a deeply personal journey which reflects his own life and the way he came to understand Darwin’s theory.
In 1858 Charles Darwin struggles to publish one of the most controversial scientific theories ever conceived, while he and his wife Emma confront family tragedy.
Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book, this special takes viewers on an exploration of the human relationship with the plant world -- seen from the plants' point of view. Narrated by Frances McDormand, the program shows how four familiar species -- the apple, the tulip, marijuana and the potato -- evolved to satisfy our yearnings for sweetness, beauty, intoxication.
David Attenborough takes us on a guided tour through the secret world of plants, to see things no unaided eye could witness. Each episode in this six-part series focuses on one of the critical stages through which every plant must pass if it is to survive:- travelling, growing, and flowering; struggling with one another; creating alliances with other organisms both plant and animal; and evolving complex ways of surviving in the earth's most ferociously hostile environments.
Take a fascinating journey inside the bizarre world of a living human being with this compelling documentary from National Geographic, where microscopic cameras and other state-of-the-art technologies reveal perspectives that will blow your mind. Tracking the body of a female from infancy to old age, viewers will observe the digestion of a meal, the development of the cardiac system and other mesmerizing aspects of the body's inner workings.
This documentary outlines the unique properties and latest studies of "Physarum Polycephalum", also known as Blob.
The mice are on the loose after hours in a doctor's office, playing with the various pieces of medical apparatus. Susie Mouse is caged for research until her lover Johnnie frees her. A mouse orchestra plays a swinging wedding song. But throughout, a cat is stalking...
Travel alongside the astronauts as they deploy and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, soar above Venus and Mars, and find proof of new planets and the possibility of other life forming around distant stars.
This film reveals the exquisite machinery of the human cell system from within the inner world of the cell itself - from the frenetic membrane surface that acts as a security system for everything passing in and out of the cell, the dynamic highways that transport cargo across the cell and the remarkable turbines that power the whole cellular world to the amazing nucleus housing DNA and the construction of thousands of different proteins all with unique tasks. The virus intends to commandeer this system to one selfish end: to make more viruses. And they will stop at nothing to achieve their goal.
Advanced technology, groundbreaking scientific discoveries about the beginnings of life, and computer animation all combine to detail how multiple siblings develop in the womb as the filmmakers at National Geographic explore the fetal growth of twins, triplets, and quadruplets. Detailed pictures of these different groupings in various stages of fetal development bring the earliest stages of life to the screen as never before.