In 2009, filmmaker Josh Fox learned his land was on top of the Marcellus Shale, a giant reservoir of natural gas that stretches across huge stretches of the northeast United States, and that he would be paid to lease his land for natural gas extraction. Fox documented his cross-country trek to find out if the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) is actually safe. What he unearthed was a discovery about a practice that is understudied...

His movies are legend, his women breathtaking, and his toys dressed to kill. Whether James Bond is pursuing villains in space-age flying machines or neatly evading peril with his high-tech marvels, British Secret Agent 007 is licensed to carry the ultimate in stunningly intelligent devices ever to grace the silver screen. Bond had it all. This exclusive look at his gadgets reveals what it really takes to save the world.

Step behind the headlines as Making Stuff dramatizes the human stories woven into the current wave of hi-tech breakthroughs. Hosted by the New York Times' lively technology correspondent David Pogue, each hour in this four-part series explores the talent, luck, and determination that can turn a wild idea into a cutting-edge material or high-tech breakthrough.

Mary Class, Santa's business minded daughter, must step in to help save Christmas. Santa's in the midst of a late-life crises, he's tired of the responsibilities of the job and is ready to pass on the reins to Mary, who feels torn between the family business and running her own high stakes firm in NYC, along with balancing the love of her life, Luke. The situation gets dire when a disgruntled former elf, Terri, causes dissension at the North Pole...

Get ready for exciting up-to-the minute, high definition video of the latest discoveries in the world of science. Whether it be the latest advances in technology or medical research, this video brings it to viewers courtesy of the National Science Foundation.

Includes 2057 (a look at custom-built organs, robotic surgery, intelligent clothing, and more amazing inventions in the future) and Future Car (a look at cars in 2030, the fuel they would use, the computers in them, and more).

The tech-savvy toddlers are back, and this time they're Europe bound! When the Queen of England's crown jewels mysteriously go missing, there's only one team for the job: The Baby Squad! Using their stealth abilities and a range of high-tech gadgets to uncover important clues, the height-challenged heroes soon learn that items have begun disappearing all over Europe with no suspect in sight. But when the rescue team starts to see the same toddler,...

Bring the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum into your home to discover the history of aviation innovation and accomplishments. These four programs chronicle humanity's love affair with flight, as only Smithsonian Channel can!.

Technological advancement, economic development, population increase - are they signs of a thriving society, or too much of a good thing? Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, 'Surviving Progress' is a provocative documentary that explores the concept of progress in the modern world, guiding through the major 'progress traps' facing civilization in the arenas of technology, economics, consumption, and the environment.

A deep dive into the life of Stewart Brand, a legendary pioneer of LSD, cyberspace, futurism, and modern environmentalism. Brand created the revolutionary do-it-yourself publication The Whole Earth Catalog, which Steve Jobs famously called 3Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google existed.4