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Simon Sebag Montefiore charts the rise of Istanbul from pagan trading post to capital of three empires and two religions, becoming not only holy but the most coveted city in the world.
木偶大师Jim Henson留下传世公司——亨森公司，儿子Brian Henson作为现任董事，担任首席评委，外加Beth Hathaway 和Kirk R. Thatcher共同组成评委席。他们参与过的作品包括《侏罗纪公园》、《行尸走肉》、《剪刀手爱德华》、《 星球大战3：绝地归来》、《小魔怪》、《E.T.》…… 十位角色设计师展开创意比拼，制作怪兽并接受摄像镜头检验，冠军将最终进入亨森传世怪物商店……
一周的偶像，由韩国资深娱乐节目主持人郑亨敦与嘻哈歌手Defconn双人组合，针对最新韩流发烧娱乐话题，每集专访一组粉丝最爱的偶像团体。由主持人与偶像成员的快问快答，充满爆笑与即时性的综艺效果。另外，节目亲临偶像出没场所，对粉丝公开偶像地图，且用监视摄影机，偷偷纪录偶像们面对突发状况的行为反应，每周带来韩流偶像难得一见的模样。
英国著名物理学家史蒂芬•霍金近日发出警告，称外星生物可能真的存在，但是人类与他们接触可能会带来毁灭性的后果。在“探索”频道新近推出的纪录片《与霍金一起了解宇宙》中，霍金指出外星生物在消耗尽自己星球上的资源后便会乘坐大型飞船到他们能够到达的星球掠夺资源，并将那里开拓成为他们的殖民地；如果有外星生物到访地球，那将会像当年意大利航海家哥伦布登陆美洲大陆一样，最后给人类带来毁灭性的灾难。 68岁的霍金在片中谈论了他对宇宙外星生命问题的最新思考。他认为外星生命几乎肯定存在於宇宙的许多其他地方——不仅是活在行星之上，甚至还可能存在於恒星中心，甚或是漂浮於行星间的广阔宇宙。 霍金认为外星人存在的理论依据，超乎寻常的「简单」。他指出，宇宙有1000亿个银河系，每个都包含上亿计恒星，在这样一个庞大空间裏，地球不大可能是唯一演化出生命的行星。「我觉得，纯粹出於数学脑筋去想，单是如此巨大的数字，就足已令『外星人存在』的想法显得完全合理。真正的挑战是，去发现外星人到底是什么样子。」 《与霍金一起了解宇宙》这纪录片耗3年多制作，期间霍金曾多次坚持对剧本作大幅修改。Discovery执行制作人史密森（John Smithson）说：「他希望能制作一个既能娱乐大众、又能娱乐科学界的节目，考虑到其复杂性，这是一项很难的工作。」(简介转自Dexter)
In the late 16th century Europe was in the grip of a ferocious witch hunt, where thousands were tortured and burnt at the stake. The church was fully behind this terrifying crusade against the imaginary enemies of Christianity. In France and Germany alone up to 40,000 people may have been killed as witches. But England and Scotland were almost untouched by witch persecutions until King James himself decided to launch his own, personal war on witchcraft. In 1597 King James VI of Scotland published 'Daemonology', a handbook on how to recognise and destroy, witches. The book explored the threat that 'those Detestable slaves of the Devil', posed to James himself. It fuelled waves of witch hunting throughout Britain. The legacy of James' 'Daemonology' continued throughout the 17th century, and led to the torture and execution of hundreds of women in a series of infamous witch trials. No-one knows exactly how many men and women died in these trials, such as the Pendle trial of 1612, or how many others were killed in cases that never came to court. The documentary reveals the purges in many areas of Britain drew directly on King James' book. Also for the first time, remarkable new archaeological evidence from Cornwall, suggests that witchcraft was actively practiced for centuries, even during the most intense periods of witch-hunting. Experimental archaeologist Jacqui Wood has excavated strange pits lined with swan's feathers, and filled with animal skins and human remains. She believes the pits were ritual offerings inspired by witchcraft beliefs.
