forthcoming screenings
Saved by the Seals?
Saturday 31st March 2012 at 15h45 - Planète + Thalassa
Can seals be used as barometers for our climate?
On a beach of the lost islands of Kerguelen, sleeps a seal. She is going to supply vital new information about how our planet functions, and about global warming.
Pariscience 2008 Selection
• Rebroadcasts on 04/04 at 7:40pm and on 04/07 at 7:15am
Science of fasting
Thursday 29th March 2012 at 22h35 - ARTE
While life expectancy is increasing in Western countries, cases of diabetes, hypertension, obesity and cancer are increasing, and the use of medication has exploded. Does this mean that to live to a ripe age we are condemned to swallow more and more drugs? What if there was another way?
The Wings of the sun
Sunday 25th March 2012 at 11h05 - Planète+
On July 7, 2010, the solar airplane leaves the ground like a dancer in a deafening silence... A wild dream come true.
Selected at Pariscience 2011
• Rebroadcast on 03/31 at 6:45 am
Forest fans
Wednesday 14th March 2012 at 15h59 - Ushuaia TV
The adventures of a leaf insect in the forest of Sumatra.
Jaglavak, prince of insects
Wednesday 14th March 2012 at 15h35 - France 5
On the Mandara Mountains, Cameroon, Mofus have a unique relationship with insects. Predatory and carnivorous ant, Jaglavak, the prince of insects, is feared for its power and toughness. In the village, the old Matsgrawaï is a wise man who knows how to talk to Jaglavak. But will it answered the call of the old man?
Radioactive waste, the nuclear nightmare
Tuesday 13th March 2012 at 22h20 - ARTE
Waste is the nuclear industry's Achilles heel – and its worst nightmare. Populations are afraid of it and scientists still have not found a satisfactory way of dealing with it. Meanwhile, the heads of the industry try to reassure us and politicians avoid the issue. What exactly do we know about nuclear waste? How can citizens get a clear picture of a subject which has always been shrouded in secrecy?
The world after Dinos
Monday 12th March 2012 at 20h40 - Planète+
The first mammals appeared on Earth about 220 million years ago at almost the same time as the first dinosaurs. For more than a half of their history mammals lived with dinosaurs. Dinosaurs quickly became larger and stronger and got the ruling position in the land ecosystem. Their dominance continued for more than 150 million years.
• Rebroadcast on 03/17 at 10:15 pm
Naïca, the crystal cave
Wednesday 07th March 2012 at 11h00 - Planète+
In the depths of a silver mine in Naica, Mexico, one of nature’s greatest wonders was discovered only a few years ago: an immense cave containing a forest of gigantic crystals, the largest in the world. Yet the cave is as beautiful as it is deadly. Its atmosphere is alike boiling water, making any exploration an extreme endeavour. After years of preparation, a team of cavers, scientists and NASA experts are finally going to explore Naica, spring 2002.
Tipping Point
Tuesday 06th March 2012 at 17h55 - Ushuaia TV
Each year the oceans, produce half of our oxygen. They represent nearly one half of the productivity of the planet. And they are threatened.
• Rebroadcast on 03/13 at 2:53 am
Pasteur
Sunday 04th March 2012 at 13h35 - Planète+
This film follows the life and discoveries of the great scientist, as he works alongside his wife Marie and other close collaborators. We relive the adventure-packed life of a man who was raised in the Napoleonic spirit, by an old-guard soldier father who taught him to never surrender.
• Rebroadcasts on 03/05 at 00:20 and 03/10 at 2:55 pm
Ham, astrochimp n° 65
Saturday 03rd March 2012 at 01h15 - Planète+
January 31st, 1961: a Mercury rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral. The astronaut on board is a three-year-old chimpanzee named Ham. The young chimp is shot into the stratosphere where he manages to resist both the high pressure and the strong temperature variations before splashing back down in the Atlantic Ocean. He is thus the first inhabitant of the Earth to come back alive from space.
Swarms. The Intelligence of the Masses
Thursday 01st March 2012 at 04h38 - Ushuaia TV
How does the collective outdo the individual, and what does this mean for science?
• Rebroadcast on 03/06 at 10:47 am