The Human Body VII - The End Of Life

The Human Body VI - As Time Goes By

The Human Body V - Brain Power

The Human Body IV - Raging Teens

The Human Body III - First Steps

The Human Body II - An Everyday Miracle

"An Everyday Miracle – The drama of conception activates the most sophisticated life support machine on earth." (http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/human-body/)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Yep7C3lCQ&feature=related

The Human Body I - Life Story

"This astonishing series takes us on a journey breathtaking twists of the most complex biological mechanism on earth – the human body.
Life Story – Every second, a world of miraculous microscopic events take place within the body." (http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/human-body/)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_Vvkz2sDDs

Flamenco at 5:15

"This Oscar winning short documentary is an impressionistic record of a flamenco dance class given to senior students of the National Ballet School of Canada by two great teachers from Spain, Susana and Antonio Robledo."

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/flamenco-at-515/

Why Do We Talk?

"Talking is something that is unique to humans, yet it still remains a mystery.

Why Do We Talk? meets the scientists beginning to unlock the secrets of speech – including a father who is filming every second of his son’s first three years in order to discover how we learn to talk, the autistic savant who can speak more than 20 languages, and the first scientist to identify a gene that makes speech possible.

Horizon also hears from the godfather of linguistics, Noam Chomsky, the first to suggest that our ability to talk is innate.

A unique experiment shows how a new alien language can emerge in just one afternoon, in a bid to understand where language comes from and why it is the way it is."

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/why-do-we-talk/

Planet Earth (I) - From Pole to Pole

"Planet Earth is a 2006 television series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit Five years in the making, it was the most expensive nature documentary series ever commissioned by the BBC, and also the first to be filmed in high definition.

The first episode"From Pole to Pole" illustrates a 'journey' around the globe and reveals the effect of gradual climatic change and seasonal transitions en route."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0aIlxkKYVo&feature=related

The Human Animal (VI) - Beyond Survival

"Humans are animals with similar biological needs to other species. So why have we got art, cinema, sport, literature and philosophy? In the last programme in the series, Desmond Morris examines what the human animal does when it has sorted out its basic needs - food, warmth and shelter - and has gone beyond mere survival. Morris explores the inventiveness of human behaviour, and comes to some fascinating conclusions."

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4112551354986527535#

The Human Animal (V) - The Immortal Genes

"Desmond Morris looks at the natural history of the human parent and child. Why do homo sapiens devote more time to raising their young than any other animal? What makes parents sacrifice so much for their children, and why, once the offspring have been raised, don't humans simply die off as other creatures do? Desmond reveals how children offer a way of overcoming death itself."

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5506132108012517049#

The Human Animal (IV) - The Biology of Love

"In this program, Desmond Morris analyzes the biological nature of love, with its attendant patterns of behaviour and signals of health and fertility that have evolved to ensure pair-bonding and genetic survival. The pre- and post-pubescent periods of sexual maturation, the stages of courtship, and the aesthetics of physical beauty are studied, along with the anatomical mechanics of sexual arousal and copulation. In addition, the stresses placed on couples by life in an urbanized, crowded world are explored."

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7364117469621223460#

The Human Animal (III) - The Human Zoo

"A personal view of the human species by Desmond Morris. In evolutionary terms, the human animal has gone from mud hut to skyscraper in the mere twinkling of an eye. The cameras of the Natural History Unit capture the subtleties of human hierarchy in an English pub, the urge to set up and defend territory in a Tokyo park, and tribal behaviour as displayed by gangs in Los Angeles."

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6600330421430506831#

The Human Animal (II) - The Hunting Ape

"A personal view of the human species by Desmond Morris.This episode looks at our most fundamental activity - finding food, examining how humans exploit even the most inhospitable environments, and analysing how our origins as hunter-gatherers manifest themselves in the fast-food culture of the modern world."

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3759901256066398161#

The Human Animal (I) - The Language of the Body

"A personal view of the human species by Desmond Morris. This episode focuses on the planet's most advanced animal, beginning with a look at how man communicated before the evolution of language. Some gestures ans expressions are so ingrained that we have not been able to erase them from our vocabulary."

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7364117469621223460#docid=-3323021761394989726

Crossing Continents: Romania

"Oana Lungescu investigates Romania's healthcare system, which is teetering on the verge of collapse. He tries to discover how an EU member country has got into such a mess.

The Romanian healthcare system is in crisis. Earlier this year the university hospital in Bucharest announced it had just 4 euros left in the bank, and it's not alone in its financial woes. Even the Romanian health minister hasn't denied that his country's medical system is facing imminent collapse. National funds were due to run out in July.

Across the country doctors complain of a lack of X-ray film and surgical thread. Operations are postponed indefinitely. Patients are being asked to pay for their own bandages and hospital infections are spreading at alarming rates. Over the last year 4,700 doctors, fed up with wages of around 300 euros a month, have left the country to earn a better living in western Europe.

It's not just a problem for Romanians. As cash for drug treatments and preventive work such as needle exchanges runs out, there are fears that the country's already high rates of TB and HIV could get out of control, with the potential to spread beyond Romania's shores.

The wealthy are going to Hungary, Germany and Austria for treatment, paying up to 900 euros a day for a hospital bed. Inside Romania a black market is growing with doctors taking back-handers to prioritise those who can afford it. Those who can't have to put up with what state treatment they can find.

It's hard to see a solution. Government coffers are empty and the economy shrank by over 7% in 2009. And in May this year, to great protest, the government announced it would reduce public sector pay and pensions by 25%.

As Romania's healthcare system teeters on the edge of collapse, Oana Lungescu, the BBC European Affairs Correspondent, returns to her homeland to find out how ordinary citizens are coping.

Producer: Ben Crighton."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tbcdr/Crossing_Continents_Romania/

The Economist

"Authoritative weekly newspaper focusing on international politics and business news and opinion."

http://www.economist.com/

BBC Science - Human Body & Mind

"Find out about your brain, organs, nervous system, muscles and skeleton and get to know yourself better with our psychological tests."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/

Free Rice

"FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Programme.

FreeRice has two goals:

• Provide education to everyone for free.
• Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.

This is made possible by the generosity of the sponsors who advertise on this site.

Whether you are CEO of a large corporation or a street child in a poor country, improving your education can improve your life. It is a great investment in yourself.

Perhaps even greater is the investment your donated rice makes in hungry human beings, enabling them to function and be productive. Somewhere in the world, a person is eating rice that you helped provide." (http://www.freerice.com/about)

http://www.freerice.com/