Jacques Mitsch
Le mammouth Pobalski (2007)
Pïerre Victor Bouvier, explorer, landed in Oubalski, Eastern Siberia in search of a frozen woolly mammoth. (more)
Pïerre Victor Bouvier, explorer, landed in Oubalski, Eastern Siberia in search of a frozen woolly mammoth. (more)
A Natural History of Laughter (2011)
For how long have we been laughing? Are human beings the only ones to laugh? In the past, scientists tended to neglect such questions of laughter, leaving them to the philosophers. Jacques Mitsch's A NATURAL HISTORY OF LAUGHTER explores recent scientific attempts ... (more)
For how long have we been laughing? Are human beings the only ones to laugh? In the past, scientists tended to neglect such questions of laughter, leaving them to the philosophers. Jacques Mitsch's A NATURAL HISTORY OF LAUGHTER explores recent scientific attempts ... (more)
The Blob: A Genius without a Brain (2019)
This documentary outlines the unique properties and latest studies of "Physarum Polycephalum", also known as Blob. (more)
This documentary outlines the unique properties and latest studies of "Physarum Polycephalum", also known as Blob. (more)
Animal Doctors
(2014)
Only twenty-five years ago, the first evidence of self-medicating behaviour among animals was reported among chimpanzees. On the basis of this pioneering research, led by the American Michael Huffman, a new science was founded: "zoopharmacognosy", or the study of ... (more)
Only twenty-five years ago, the first evidence of self-medicating behaviour among animals was reported among chimpanzees. On the basis of this pioneering research, led by the American Michael Huffman, a new science was founded: "zoopharmacognosy", or the study of ... (more)
In the mind of plants
Neurobiology has shown in the recent years that contrary to the traditional boundaries between animal and plants, plants can feel, move and even think. Over the recent years, a small but growing group of researchers from Austria, Germany, Italy, UK, Japan, South ... (more)
Neurobiology has shown in the recent years that contrary to the traditional boundaries between animal and plants, plants can feel, move and even think. Over the recent years, a small but growing group of researchers from Austria, Germany, Italy, UK, Japan, South ... (more)