简介:There are about 600 murders each year in the UK. So, what drives people to kill? Are some people born to kill or are they driven to it by circumstances?
In this programme, Michael Mosley delves into the BBC archives to chart scientists' progress as they probed the mind of the murderer to try to understand why people kill, and to find out whether by understanding murder we can p...
简介:加斯荷伯(布鲁诺·斯列斯坦 Bruno S. 饰)从小生活在不见天日的地下室里,仅靠稀少的水源和面包维持生命,直到数十年后,早已成年的他才被带离地下室,第一次亲眼看到了外面的大千世界。可是,噩梦并没有结束,他只不过是从一个地狱跌落到了另一个。在人们的眼中,加斯荷伯并非一个有血有肉的人类,只是一个可供研究和玩乐的部件罢了。刚开始,人们对加斯荷伯充满了好奇,并且,这些好奇里包含了某些恶意。渐渐地,对这个无趣而可怜的物体,大家都失去了兴趣,加斯荷伯被送进了马戏团。几经波折之后,被一名学者收留的加斯荷伯终于过上了平静安全的生活,学者教会了他读写,为他打开了了解世界的另一扇大门。没想到,加斯荷伯对于文明和文化有着异常敏锐和深刻的见解,面对他尖锐直白的语言,被戳到痛处的人类愤怒了。
简介:Dr Michael Mosley and Professor Alice Roberts investigate if male and female brains really are wired differently.
New research suggests that the connections in men and women's brains follow different patterns, patterns which may explain typical forms of male and female behaviour. But are these patterns innate, or are they shaped by the world around us?
Using a team of human lab...
简介:This episode looks at the issues that will change the way we live our lives in the future. Rather than relying on the minds of science fiction writers, mathematician Hannah Fry delves into the data we have today to provide an evidence-based vision of tomorrow. With the help of the BBC's science experts - and a few surprise guests - Hannah investigates the questions the British ...
简介:After a spectacularly botched spook show, Hui Buh receives a plea for help from the young witch Ophelia. She is trying to keep a powerful spell-book out of the hands of the ruthless witch Erla.
简介:A journey through Mongolia, Japan, China and South Korea, narrated by the journals of Finnish linguist, diplomat and journeyman G.J. Ramstedt (1873-1950).