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A perilous journey across the Kenyan plains for two leopard cubsWatch as Jua and Paka, two leopard cubs, navigate the obstacles of the Masai Mara. This video follows their mother as she guides them through a trek involving stream crossings and…
A perilous journey across the river for a young zebraWatch the intense struggle of a young zebra attempting a dangerous river crossing during the species' migration. This BBC Earth footage captures the high-stakes reality of surviva…
A perilous journey through a dust-laden landscape to find thousands of kinWitness a mother and her calf navigate an apocalyptic moonscape to reach a massive gathering of elephant families. This video captures the immense struggle and hope inherent in an…
A perilous trek for survival in Madagascar's fragile ecosystemsWatch these Sifaka lemurs navigate a dangerous journey across the landscape to reach their next meal. This footage captures the high-stakes reality of life in one of Earth's most …
A period is triggered not by a hormone rising but by one crashingThe monthly cycle is orchestrated from the brain, which releases hormones in pulses that tell the ovaries when to ripen and release an egg. If no embryo implants, a temporary glan…
A permanent home for images from the edge of the universeNASA has officially dedicated a new exhibit to the James Webb Space Telescope. This ceremony marks a transition from groundbreaking discovery to public education, bringing the tel…
A permanent record of human ambition is now sealed within the ELT domeWitness the ceremony where a time capsule was embedded into the wall of the European Southern Observatory's Extremely Large Telescope dome. This event marks a milestone in the con…
A perpetual lease on a Cuban bay: how a naval base became a global symbolGuantánamo Bay is more than a detention center; it is a strategic enclave held by the United States since 1903. While Cuba retains ultimate sovereignty, the U.S. maintains complet…
A perpetual motion machine carries the last remnants of humanity through a frozen apocalypse.In a world turned to ice by a failed climate experiment, the last of humanity survives aboard a 1,001-car train. This luxury vessel, designed by an eccentric billionaire, circles …
A Persian official's dreamlike awakening sent him on a seven-year journeyAround the age of 41, Nasir Khusraw, a financial administrator in Khurasan, had a sudden spiritual awakening he likened to a dream. He quit his post, converted to Isma'ili Islam a…
A Persian satrap's name became Iranian AzerbaijanAfter Alexander shattered the Achaemenids, the Median commander Atropates carved out a northern kingdom around 323 BC. The Old Persian form Ātṛpātakāna stands behind the later nam…
A Persian seeker who became a cornerstone of the early Islamic community.Born into a Zoroastrian family in Sassanid Iran, Salman the Persian spent his life traversing the Byzantine Empire in search of religious truth. His journey eventually led him to …
A Persian spiritual sanctuary designed to mirror the seven stages of Sufi mysticismIn the city of Ardabil, Iran, lies a sprawling funerary complex that serves as a physical map of the Sufi soul. Built over centuries, this UNESCO World Heritage site integrates ar…
A Persian-language vampire Western filmed in California subverts the danger of the nightIn the fictional Bad City, a lonesome vampire roams the streets, turning the tables on those who prey on the vulnerable. Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour, this black-and-white stylis…
A personal bodyguard’s feud with a military dictator ignited a six-year civil warThe Surinamese Interior War began as a private dispute between a military ruler and his former bodyguard. It quickly spiraled into a brutal ethnic and political conflict, displaci…
A personal coming-of-age drama that grapples with the uncomfortable realities of American privilegeJames Gray’s 2022 film Armageddon Time is a semi-autobiographical exploration of childhood in 1980s Queens. It follows a young boy navigating family expectations, systemic inequal…
A personal milestone for a representative recovering from violenceThis footage captures a poignant moment of public service and personal resilience. Following the launch of the STS-134 mission, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords met with the…
A personal rivalry and a false rumor triggered Brazil's transition to a republic.On November 15, 1889, a military coup ended the Brazilian Empire. While often remembered as a grand ideological shift, the uprising was sparked by a sick marshal’s fear of a polit…
A personal victory song written to silence the skepticsShania Twain didn't just write a hit; she wrote a rebuttal. Faced with industry critics who dismissed her marriage as a mere business arrangement, she crafted a ballad that transf…
A perspective from above: The ISS captures Hurricane Irene's pathWatch how high-altitude cameras on the International Space Station documented a powerful Category 3 hurricane as it moved across the Bahamas. This footage offers a rare, overhead …
A Perugian magistrate's pursuit of a cold case sparked a decade of legal warfareGiuliano Mignini, a veteran Italian prosecutor, became a polarizing figure through his investigation into the 1985 death of doctor Francesco Narducci. His theory of a vast conspir…
A Peruvian industrialist and politician who embraces the nickname Porky to protest national corruptionRafael López Aliaga is a prominent figure in Peruvian politics, known for his far-right platform and his background as a businessman. From his rise as mayor of Lima to his controv…
A Peruvian wilderness so fragile that tourism has been banned for decadesDeep in the San Martín region of Peru lies Rio Abiseo National Park, a sanctuary of immense biodiversity and ancient history. Since 1986, this UNESCO World Heritage site has remai…
A pest is not a biological category, but a subjective label of human inconvenience.The definition of a pest is entirely dependent on perspective. An elephant is a majestic creature in the wild, but a destructive nuisance to a farmer whose crops it tramples. Beca…
A pet chimpanzee's birthday party ended in a horrific, life-altering attack by other primates.St. James and LaDonna Davis raised a chimpanzee named Moe as their own child for decades. When they visited him at a sanctuary to celebrate his 39th birthday, two other escaped ch…
A PET scan works by annihilating antimatter inside your bodyIn a PET scan, a radioactive tracer releases positrons, the antimatter twins of electrons. Each one meets an ordinary electron almost at once, and the pair vanish in a flash of tw…
A petty con man accidentally becomes the target of an international oil conspiracy.In the 1980 comedy Le Guignolo, a small-time swindler named Alexander Dupre thinks he has mastered the art of the grift. But after a simple favor at an airport goes wrong, he find…
A petty criminal rises from prison obscurity to become a powerful underworld syndicate leader.In Jacques Audiard’s 2009 crime drama A Prophet, a 19-year-old illiterate inmate transforms from a vulnerable outsider into a calculated mob boss. By navigating the brutal power s…
A Ph.D. chemist who became the public face of the world's largest furry convention.Samuel Conway balances a professional life in pharmaceutical research with his role as chairman of Anthrocon. Known to fans as Uncle Kage, he has transformed the convention into a…
A phantom of the Cold War: The mystery of the Isdal WomanIn 1970, a charred body was found in a Norwegian valley nicknamed Death Valley. She carried eight fake passports, spoke multiple languages, and vanished into history. Was she a tr…- A phantom tsunami in Japan revealed a hidden North American catastropheIn 1700, Japanese villagers recorded strange, destructive waves that didn't match any local earthquakes. This "orphan tsunami" eventually allowed scientists to reconstruct a massi…
A Pharaoh’s architectural masterpiece carved directly into the limestone cliffs of Deir el-BahariHatshepsut’s mortuary temple is a feat of ancient engineering, featuring three massive terraces that rise seamlessly into the desert landscape. More than just a tomb, this structu…
A pharmaceutical heir turned NFL owner who navigated the complexities of international diplomacy.Woody Johnson is a billionaire scion of the Johnson & Johnson family, best known for owning the New York Jets. Beyond the gridiron, he served as a high-profile political donor and…
A PhD student's research trip to Antarctica turned into an unexpected, months-long isolation.When the Covid-19 pandemic triggered global lockdowns, researcher Jaz Millar found themselves stranded in one of the planet's most remote locations. This talk explores the reality…
A phenotype covers every trait but the genome, from blood groups to beaver damsBiologists split living things into two layers: the genotype, the inherited genetic material, and the phenotype, everything else that can be observed or measured. That second laye…
A Philippine fruit bat has the longest forearms of any bat aliveThe giant golden-crowned flying fox of the Philippines can weigh 1.4 kilograms and spread its wings up to 1.7 metres, and its forearm, at up to 215 millimetres, is the longest rec…
A Philippine province shaped by colonial history, industrial growth, and ancient geological secretsMisamis Oriental is a coastal province in Northern Mindanao defined by its complex history of migration and industrial development. From its origins as a Spanish-controlled territ…
A Philippine province's income decides how many lawmakers sit on its boardIn the Philippines, how much a province earns shapes its politics. Richer provinces get ten elected members on their provincial board, the poorest get six. Voters even approved a …
A philosopher president who traded the halls of power for a quiet life in Dusheti.Giorgi Margvelashvili was an unlikely political figure, rising from academia to become Georgia's fourth president. His tenure was marked by a constitutional shift that stripped hi…
A philosopher turned politician who reshaped Israel's intelligence and economic policyYuval Steinitz transitioned from a career in academic philosophy to a pivotal role in Israeli governance. As a Knesset member and minister, he applied logical rigor to parliamenta…
A philosopher who led the Armenian Church through four decades of Soviet upheavalBorn Levon Baljian in Romania, Vazgen I transitioned from an academic career in philosophy to become the longest-serving Catholicos of the modern era. Navigating the complex press…
A philosopher won the Nobel for literature, with Proust as his best manHenri Bergson argued that lived experience and intuition reveal more about reality than abstract reasoning or science. The idea made him a celebrity: crowds packed his Paris lectu…- A philosopher-president, a military coup, and the fight for Niger's democratic futureMohamed Bazoum rose from a minority background to lead Niger, only to be ousted by his own presidential guard. His presidency, marked by promises of reform and security, ended in …
A philosophy professor talked a new country into existence from exileWhen the First World War began, Tomáš Masaryk was a Prague philosophy professor who had long wanted Austria-Hungary reformed, not broken up. By 1918 he had lobbied across Europe, …
A photographer's journey from documenting human suffering to restoring the natural worldThe Salt of the Earth is a 2014 documentary tracing four decades of Sebastião Salgado’s career. Directed by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, the film follows the Brazilian…
A photojournalist's lens uncovers a deadly political conspiracyIn the 2011 political thriller Ko, a freelance photographer's pursuit of a story leads him into a web of Naxalite robberies and election-day treachery. What begins as a quest for …
A physician turned billionaire, Miriam Adelson shapes global politics through massive, targeted financial influence.Miriam Adelson is one of the world's wealthiest individuals, wielding her fortune to influence U.S. and Israeli politics. A trained physician who specialized in drug addiction, sh…
A physician turned politician, Anbumani Ramadoss navigated India's complex landscape of public health reform.Born in 1968, Anbumani Ramadoss transitioned from medical practice to national politics. As India's youngest Cabinet Minister in 2004, he spearheaded ambitious health initiatives …
A physician turned writer, Taslima Nasrin has lived in exile for three decadesTaslima Nasrin, a Bangladeshi-born physician and author, has spent over thirty years in exile due to her fierce feminist critiques and challenges to religious dogma. From fatwas a…
A physician who became Poet Laureate, Robert Bridges redefined the mechanics of English verse.Before he was Britain's Poet Laureate, Robert Bridges was a practicing doctor. He eventually retired from medicine to pursue poetry, where he became obsessed with the technical st…
A physician who revolutionized American poetry by treating words like paint on a canvas.William Carlos Williams spent his days as a pediatrician and his nights crafting a uniquely American style of poetry. By rejecting European traditions for the raw, local idiom of …
A physician’s failed practice launched Sherlock HolmesSir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) trained as a doctor in Edinburgh and opened a practice in Portsmouth that attracted few patients. While he waited, he wrote. The result, four Ho…
A physicist turned novelist who navigated the dark, complex currents of Argentine political history.Ernesto Sabato abandoned a prestigious career in atomic physics to confront the human condition through literature. His journey took him from the surrealist cafes of Paris to the …
A piano across the desert defines a new Australian odysseyWhat happens when a struggling musician and a runaway teenager decide to transport a literal upright piano across the vast Australian Outback? This comedy-drama explores a journey…
A piano tuner discovered a secret fortune hidden inside a donated musical instrumentWhile servicing a piano at a Shropshire college, a tuner uncovered fabric bundles containing gold coins. This discovery triggered a formal investigation under the Treasure Act to …- A piano-sized explorer on a three-billion-mile journey to the solar system's edgeLaunched in 2006, NASA's New Horizons was designed to conquer distances never before attempted. Traveling at 31,000 mph, this 1,054-pound spacecraft aimed to transform our underst…
A pickpocket, a spy ring, and the Cold War film that infuriated J. Edgar HooverIn Samuel Fuller's 1953 noir, a petty thief accidentally steals top-secret microfilm, becoming an unlikely target for Communist agents. The film's gritty portrayal of the New York…
A pilot's attempt to wake up from a dream nearly grounded a flightAt 31,000 feet, an off-duty pilot pulled the emergency fire suppression handles, intending to shut down both engines. He believed he was trapped in a dream and was simply trying t…
A pilot's experience couldn't overcome a series of systemic navigation errorsOn November 24, 2001, Crossair Flight 3597 crashed just 4 kilometers from the runway. Despite having over 19,000 flight hours, Captain Hans Ulrich Lutz led the aircraft into a woo…
A pinch of boron lets lab glass survive shocks that shatter ordinary glassPour boiling water into an ordinary glass dish and set it on ice, and it may crack. Borosilicate glass shrugs off temperature swings about four times larger, because adding boron …