TV Guide: Explorer

Outsmarting Terror

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 29 09:00 AM NGC Exploring technology used to combat terrorists and thwart their attacks---everything from robots that can detect toxins and nuclear devices to bullets that can shoot around corners. The hour, which includes simulations of terror scenarios, also looks at airport-security advances; airplanes designed to repel heat-seeking missiles; devices that can be used to rescue people stranded atop skyscrapers; and building materials and architectural designs that can make buildings more blast resistant.

Congo Bush Pilots

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 29 04:00 AM NGC Profiling bush pilots who risk their lives transporting vital cargo to the war-torn Congo.

Aryan Brotherhood

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:00:00 -0500

Sun Dec 27 08:00 PM NGC Profiling the Aryan Brotherhood, aka “the Brand,” a secretive and ruthless gang of white criminals formed in California's maximum-security prisons in the 1960s, which has since spread across the country. It's widely considered to be the most violent gang behind bars. Included: interviews with ex-members.

Secret History of Diamonds

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 24 10:00 PM NGC A look inside the dark world of conflict diamonds, including smuggling operations and an alleged 9/11 connection between Al Qaeda and the Belgium diamond sector.

Secret History of Gold

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 24 09:00 PM NGC The volatile history of the modern gold trade is examined. Included: interviews with an illegal miner and a treasure hunter.

Lost Cities of the Amazon

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 24 02:00 PM NGC A look at new evidence that suggests an indigenous civilization thrived in the Amazon rain forest approximately 500 years ago.

Zoo Tiger Escape

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 22 10:00 PM NGC Investigating the Siberian tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo on Dec. 25, 2007, that left a 17-year-old boy dead and two others seriously injured.

Sex, Lies and Gender

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:00:00 -0500

Sun Dec 20 10:00 PM NGC Examining the science behind gender, and what happens when a newborn is not clearly male or female. Also: a Desert Storm veteran who learned from an MRI that he had two ovaries and a uterus.

Narco State

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:00:00 -0500

Sat Dec 19 07:00 PM NGC Lisa Ling investigates a raging drug war in Phoenix and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Included: an interview with a former cartel hit man.

Science of Dogs

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 18 10:00 PM NGC “Science of Dogs” examines man's evolutionary manipulation of dogs' appearance, talents and temperament to create breeds more suited to our needs. Included: unforeseen consequences.

Last Christians of Bethlehem

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 18 03:00 PM NGC Chronicling the April-May 2002 standoff between Israeli forces and Palestinians at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, which is believed to be the birthplace of Christ.

Mysteries of Survival

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 17 05:00 AM NGC A skier breaks his leg and is stranded in the Colorado mountains; a Mexican mining prospector wanders the Sonoran Desert without food or water; a hiker is lost in the Adirondack Mountains after a wrong turn in search of a shortcut.

Secret Lives of Jesus

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 15 06:00 PM NGC Examining alternative gospels about the life of Jesus Christ, which were rediscovered in the 20th century and offer a different and often controversial view of Christianity.

T. rex Walks Again

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 15 12:00 PM NGC Scientists attempt to create an accurate replica of an adolescent Tyrannosaurus rex.