冒险家兼记者的西蒙·里夫动身前往越南，寻找我们每天早晨的提神饮料背后的故事。 英国人每周都要喝掉几百万杯咖啡，而又有多少人知道他们的咖啡从哪里来呢？答案不是巴西、哥伦比亚或牙买加，而是越南！英国人所喝咖啡中的八成不是卡普奇诺或拿铁，而是速溶咖啡，而越南正是他们最大的供应商。 三十年前越南的咖啡产量仅占全世界产量的很小一部分，但在越战之后，政府决定大规模种植咖啡。现在，越南已经是世界上第二大咖啡出产国。咖啡产业为几百万人提供了工作，令少数人白手起家成为百万富翁。但西蒙也发现，越南的快速发展令当地居民和环境付出了沉重的代价。
作为一个物种，我们总认为自己很聪明，是理性动物，能做出理智的决定。但或许我们该重新思考一下。每当我们做决定时，我们的直觉和逻辑就会展开一场斗争，而直觉的力量常常超乎我们想象。这种冲突影响我们生活的方方面面，比如饮食、习惯、信仰等。我们对人类心智的理解将发生变革，丹尼尔?卡恩曼教授将对这场变革进行阐述
When pioneering developmental psychologist Professor Uta Frith started her training back in the 1960s, she met a group of beautiful, bright-eyed young children who seemed completely detached from the rest of the world. It turned out they had just been given the then-new diagnosis of autism. Uta passionately wanted to know more about these children, and they inspired her to dedi...
Changes to the bacteria that live inside all of us are responsible for increasing the number of people with allergies, suggests new research. In this episode of Horizon, the show investigates this claim by conducting a unique experiment with two allergic families in order to find out just what it is in the modern world that is to blame. With a raft of mini cameras, GPS units an...
Dr Michael Mosley and Professor Alice Roberts investigate if male and female brains really are wired differently. New research suggests that the connections in men and women's brains follow different patterns, patterns which may explain typical forms of male and female behaviour. But are these patterns innate, or are they shaped by the world around us? Using a team of human lab...
本片是BBC制作的Horizon(地平线)系列纪录片之一，《地平线》是英国广播公司(BBC)最经典的科教系列之一。 本片以实地采访、专家分析、模拟再现等方式还原了马来西亚航空370号班机失踪的全过程，以及海事卫星科技手段在搜寻过程中起到的巨大作用；是迄今为止最好的马航370事件纪录片之一。
A short about what happens under and around us. A chipmunk and a small mouse go on an adventure; they grow and learn about life and its obstacles.
BBC纪录片《油糖陷阱》本片通过真人测试发现：单独吃糖或脂肪，短期内都可减轻体重；造成肥胖问题的根源是“糖油混合物”；不摄取糖分反而易得糖尿病
