When a freak hurricane swamps Los Angeles, nature's deadliest killer rules sea, land, and air as thousands of sharks terrorize the waterlogged populace.

Why is a curveball curved? What makes the sweet spot so sweet? Why do outfielders instinctively run in an arc instead of a straight line? And why have some physicists stated that, at least on paper, hitting a home run is impossible?

An international crew of astronauts undertakes a privately funded mission to search for life on Jupiter's fourth largest moon.

The Seattle Science Festival presents five favorites from Seattle's own Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival, introduced by a pair of scientists delving into the facts behind the sci-fi.

After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.

Israel Ticas is the only criminologist working in one of Latin America's most dangerous countries.

Dr. Richard Davidson, a brain specialist, experiments with meditation and yoga as a means of helping soldiers with PTSD and children with ADHD.

Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl makes an epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

Teenaged birding fanatic David Portnoy takes an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history.

This documentary takes a look at the world's wild places through the eyes of bears.

Theater troupe the Unseen Ghost Brigade builds a raft in 2010 and journeys down the Mississippi River.

Unsung pioneer landscape architect Jens Jensen became one of the nation’s most influential urban designers and early conservationists, shaping the Midwest’s physical and cultural landscape and championing the need for nature in our cities.

Sbórnia is an isolated, independent, and anarchist state. When the giant wall that separates Sbórnia from the rest of the world collapses, the Sbórnians suffer a towering cultural shock.

After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solatano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.

Jeremy Irons sets out to discover the extent and effects of the global waste problem, as he travels around the world to beautiful destinations tainted by pollution.

A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.

A man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.

Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers.

A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives.

Within the coming decades we will be able to create computers with greater-than-human intelligence, bio-engineer our species, and redesign matter through nanotechnology. How will these technologies change what it means to be human?

Tony DeRose, senior scientist and research group lead at Pixar Animation Studios, delivers an illustrated lecture on the extraordinary contribution of mathematics to animated films.

A young surfer learns the secrets of surviving the towering waves of the infamous Mavericks surf break.

Bestiaire is a mesmerizing meditation on the relationships between animals and people through the seasons at a Quebec safari park.

After freshman Beca is cajoled into joining her college's all-girls singing group, she injects much needed energy into their repertoire as they take on their male rivals.