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PBS – NOVA Rise of the Mammals (2019)

PBS – NOVA: Rise of the Mammals (2019)
English | Size: 1.74 GB
Category: Documentary


Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs in a fiery global catastrophe. But we know little about how their successors, the mammals, recovered and took over the world. Now, hidden inside ordinary-looking rocks, an astonishing trove of fossils reveals a dramatic new picture of how rat-sized creatures ballooned in size and began to evolve into the vast array of species.

PBS – NOVA Cuba’s Cancer Hope (2020)

PBS – NOVA: Cuba’s Cancer Hope (2020)
English | Size: 1.77 GB
Category: Documentary

Can Cuba’s innovative lung cancer vaccines give new hope to patients across the world?
In Cuba, as in the United States, lung cancer is a leading cause of death. But decades of economic and political isolation have starved the country of medical resources, leading Cuba’s biomedical researchers to invent their own immunotherapies. Among them are lung cancer vaccines that can help jumpstart the body’s immune response to cancer. Some U.S. patients are even defying their country’s trade embargo to travel to Cuba for treatment. NOVA explores the fascinating history of Cuban biomedical research and follows the journey of two cancer patients — one from the island and one from the U.S — receiving the new vaccines. As they prove effective in some patients, Cuban scientists are teaming up with a leading U.S. cancer institute to develop an even more effective treatment by combining the best of both countries’ research and medical technologies. But can they overcome the embargo?

PBS – Nova Mysteries of Sleep (2020)

PBS – Nova: Mysteries of Sleep (2020)
English | Size: 1.73 GB
Category: Documentary

Nova: Mysteries of Sleep
Why do we sleep? And what does sleep have to do with memory, trauma, and our emotions?
From fruit flies to whales, virtually every animal sleeps. But why? Why do we need to spend nearly a third of our lives in such a defenseless state? Scientists are peering more deeply into the sleeping brain than ever before, discovering just how powerful sleep can be, playing a role in everything from memory retention and emotional regulation to removing waste from our brains. So why are we getting so little of it?

PBS – Nova Polar Extremes (2020)

PBS – Nova: Polar Extremes (2020)
English | Size: 3.66 GB
Category: Documentary

Nova: Polar Extremes
Following a trail of fossils found in all the wrong places-beech trees in Antarctica, redwoods and hippo-like mammals in the Arctic-NOVA uncovers the bizarre history of the poles, from miles-thick ice sheets to warm polar forests teeming with life.