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Many people consider the Swiss Alps a natural paradise. Little do they know that it is man-made; existing only because because farmers have been driving their livestock up into the mountains for centuries. As more Swiss perfer a modern, urban life, this ancient tradition is fading with the result that these meadows are disappearing. This film follows a group of scientists as they seek to preserve their unique landscape.

The world’s food supply is becoming increasingly imbalanced. One billion people are starving, and every second a child dies of hunger and its consequences. At the same time the world’s food production is at its peak level, and the demand for meat is growing not only in the industrial world. How can it be that up to 30% of the world’s harvest is ruined by plant diseases and pests and less than half of it ends up on our plate? This film reveals...

The last remaining mountain gorillas on earth live only in two habitats in eastern Africa: the slopes of the Virunga volcanoes between Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in the Bwindi forest in Uganda. Surrounded by one of the highest population densities in Africa, the animals cannot expand their habitat. What happens when the number of gorillas grows, but their habitat does not? The answer from scientists is that encounters...

In no other epoch were artists in the Netherlands so productive, nor the demand for art so great as during the age of Rembrandt. This period saw new genres, and the birth of art markets and the profession of art dealers. This documentary explores this extraordinary period in which business and art merged for the first time. How did such a flourishing period for art come about? What innovations do we owe to this period and what significance does it...

We live in an age of cities. New roads, buildings, and urban sprawl eat up natural habitats, sending plant and animal populations into worrying decline. How does nature react to this loss of biodiversity? Could cities also harbor a possible solution? New gene research provides unexpected insights into Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. In this program, teams of researchers from around the world unravel the secrets of urban evolution, showing that plants...

In New England in 1692, religious hysteria overcomes the people of the small town of Salem and brings about a ruthless manhunt. At a time when Europe has largely overcome the witch craze, dozens of people are accused of sorcery and executed. To this day, the case of Salem fascinates scholars and artists alike, since the cause of this collective mania remains a mystery. Competing theories name a combination of religious hysteria, aggressively suppressed...