New documentaries
A collection of new documentaries added to Docur. Last update March 11, 2016 @ 02:08 PM
Visions of the Future: The Quantum Revolution
The quantum revolution is only just around the corner and the projects that scientists are working on around the world will more than likely find their way into our homes within the next 50 years. This new branch of science presents a number of challenges and more especially responsibility because o[...]
When Will Humans Live on Mars?
Due to population growth and the strive to develop we are planning to travel to and set up a permanent human base on the planet Mars. This documentary “When Will Humans Live on Mars?” was created by motherboard and looks into how we are planning to take this massive leap for mankind[...]
Comet Catcher: Rosetta Landing
Comet Catcher tells the story of the historic landing of the probe Rosetta on comet 67P/Curyumov-Gerasimenko. The first stage of the mission was a massive achievement alone which put Rosetta in orbit around the comet, upon reaching this goal on November 12th 2014 after ten years of flight[...]
Tails You Win: The Science of Chance
A documentary about the science of chance presented by David Spiegelhalter. In this film we look into the world of chance which controls everything that we do, essentially we cannot predict precisely the future according our current knowledge however the mathematical principal of probability is cert[...]
Stephen Hawkings Grand Design: Did God Create the Universe?
In this documentary Stephen Hawking explores whether or not god created the universe. What is the universe and what is our place within it? This question has been embedded in the human mind forever and its based on the idea that there is something greater, a higher being that you could call “g[...]
Order and Disorder- Episode 2
Episode 2 in the two part documentary series Order and Disorder presented by Jim Al-Khalili. We are surrounded by both order and disorder. The universe is constantly falling into a disorderly state and this has been happening since the big bang when universally, molecules were in a much more or[...]
Order and Disorder- Episode 1
Episode 1 in the two part documentary series Order and Disorder presented by Jim Al-Khalili. Energy is vital to us all, it powers our cars built the monumental cities that dominate the landscape and has provided us with homes which protect us. You only have to see the images from the international s[...]
Let it Snow - The Secrets of Nature
A snow flake is an ice crystal which forms in the Earths atmosphere, they begin their life as snow crystals which are created when super cooled cloud droplets freeze. Every snow flake is a unique object that forms in a six fold pattern which is determined by the changing humidity[...]
Water
A documentary which explores just what little we know about the amazing element that is water (H2O). Water makes up more than 90% of the Earths surface and makes up most of the human body but do we really know the secrets behind this life giving element? If it was not for water we would[...]
Apollo Zero
The documentary Apollo Zero seeks to prove that no man has ever walked on the surface of the moon, a conspiracy that has been floating around for years now. The core hypothesis is that the moon in 240,000 miles away from Earth so why is it that since the 60’s and 70’s Apollo moon mission[...]
Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
This film documents the tragic events of Christmas 1981 when the RNLI lifeboat ‘Solomon Browne’ and her volunteer crew launched on service to assist a ship with failed engines.
2012 Crossing Over A New Beginning
A lot of people were led to believe that the world would end on December 21st 2012. This was mainly because the ancient Mayan people’s calendar ended on that day. News a corporations pushed the idea of an apocalypse that would almost be the end of humanity on planet Earth but accordi[...]
Jesus Camp
Jesus Camp follows a small group of evangelical Christian children who are being taught the word of the lord. evangelical Christians are devoted strictly to what the Bible says and from a very young age to give their lives in defense of the religion, that in their minds is 100% fact. This[...]
The Brain with David Eagleman: 5 Why Do I Need You?
In Episode 5 of the Brain with David Eagleman, we look at how the Brain relies on interactions with other brains in order to grow and develop. We are born with social needs and tendencies, and deprivation of this can lead to significant psychological issues in which the brain fails to function norma[...]
The Light Bulb Conspiracy
The Light Bulb Conspiracy documentary starts in 1928 when a number of businessmen decided that when the products they are selling are made to last a long time it is detrimental to their businesses. Ever since the 1920’s the Obsolescence of products has increased massively.[...]
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
A documentary mini series by Adam Curtis which shows that machines have inhabited the human world. As we surf the internet and send text messages it is easy to forget that we are rather quickly becoming a species which views the world through the technology that we have built even though most people[...]
Where is Flight MH370?
Documentary about Malaysia airlines flight MH370. The disappearance of Malaysia airlines flight MH370 on march 8th 2014 caught the attention of the entire world as nation after nation joined the effort to find where the lost plane was. This BBC horizon documentary (2014) gives a forensic analysis of[...]
The Universe: Deep Space Disasters
Deep Space disasters are going to be a part of the real world in the next 50 years. Traditionally it is known that the most dangerous parts of a space mission is within the first 50 miles and the last 50, where an important vessel is placed upon a volatile mixture of oxygen and liquid hydrogen and p[...]