2013年11月20日，日本境内的西之岛东南方约500米处海底发生火山爆发，喷出的岩浆冷却后变成了一个新的小岛。两年多过去，火山仍在喷发，以前的西之岛被熔岩覆盖了大部分，形成了新的西之岛。这块新的陆地引起了各界学者的巨大关注。有地质学家认为，西之岛的扩张或许能为我们解答地球早期陆地是如何形成的。日本放送协会NHK与一些科研机构合作，组建了一支考察队，利用无人直升机等设备，对西之岛进行了各种调查。他们发现西之岛比想象中更有魅力，这座岛有着令人期待的未来。

德·凡·图卢肯博士调查兴奋剂的世界：从那些追求名声、荣耀、和有利可图的赞助商合同的职业运动员，到如今服用合成激素来增长肌肉和追求外貌的成千上万的普通英国人。这些都是些什么药物？它们对于人体会产生什么作用？

Alice Roberts explores the latest discoveries in the study of human origins, revealing the transformation that has been brought about in this field by genetics. 　　Traditional paleo-anthropology, based on fossils, is being transformed by advanced genome sequencing techniques. We now know that there were at least four other distinct species of human on the planet at the same time a...

Horizon looks at dark energy - the mysterious force that is unexpectedly causing the universe's expansion to speed up. The effects of dark energy were discovered in 1998 but physicists still don't know what it is. Worse, its very existence calls into question Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity - the cornerstone of modern physics. The hunt for the identity of dark en...

This is the story of how our solar system will be transformed by the aging sun before coming to a spectacular end in about eight billion years. Astronomers can peer into the far future to predict how it will happen by analysing distant galaxies, stars and even planets in their final moments. 　　In this film, Horizon brings these predictions to life in a peaceful midwestern town th...

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。

BBC气象员彼得?吉布斯冲动地回到了他曾经生活和工作过的英国南极调查局哈雷研究站。当时，哈雷研究站在臭氧空洞的发现中起到了重要作用，而今天，它仍然在诸多领域作出了许多重要的发现，例如：人类生活如何受到太阳活动的影响、星际旅行研究、以及人类导致的气候变化所产生的威胁等。彼得此行还肩负着救援的使命，由于冰山移动，哈雷研究站可能会随着巨大的冰山飘向远方。

With exclusive behind-the-scenes access, Horizon follows the highs and lows of an extraordinary story in particle physics. In June 2015, teams at CERN started running the large hadron collider at the highest energy ever. Rumours quickly emerged that they were on the brink of a huge discovery. A mysterious bump in some data suggested a first glimpse of a brand new particle that ...

The gripping story of how one Russian internet millionaire is turning to cutting-edge science to try to unlock the secret of living forever. Dmitry Itskov recently brought together some of the world's leading neuroscientists, robot builders and consciousness researchers to try to devise a system that would allow him to escape his biological destiny. Entering Dmitry's seemingly ...

The acerbically witty and severely facially disfigured broadcaster Adam Pearson presents a personal film about genetics. He and his twin brother Neil are genetically identical and both share the same genetic disease, Neurofibromatosis 1 (Nf1) - yet they are completely different. Adam's face is covered with growths, whereas Neil has none. Neil has short-term memory loss, whereas...

雲林的信義育幼院的孩子們，單車環島的故事。

Weaving Shibusa is the story of Japanese craftsmanship and dedication, shown through their love and fascination of denim. The film gives unprecedented access to the mysterious and storied industry of Japanese denim, told by the only people who can; world-renowned vintage denim experts, the highly regarded "Osaka 5", responsible for Japan's denim revival, as well as passionate i...

赞德冯托勒金博士是个正在寻找真爱的单身汉。数学家汉纳佛莱博士想以他为实验对象，测试交友网站用来替人们配对的算法是否真的有效。在她架设交友网站期间，赞德与研究在线约会网站的科学家们见面，学习该在他的个人档案使用哪种大头贴和自我介绍。他试用了一个能自动运作配对应用程序的机器人，并做了核磁共振检查他的脑部是否具备爱的条件。一共有五十名一般人士在约会之夜参与了小型实验，而赞德则会赴各种不同的约，测试算法是否比他自己随机挑选对象还管用。