Witness science the Hollywood way in Nat Geo's BREAKTHROUGH starting Nov. 5!

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Signaling a committed shift to premium programming, National Geographic Channel (NGC) will be airing the highly anticipated science series Breakthrough this November. Breakthrough, a show that will bring to life the stories, people and technology behind the world’s most advanced scientific innovations that determine how our lives shall evolve, will be making its Philippine premiere, the first in Asia, on November 5 at 9 PM, with all six one-hour episodes showing on Thursdays on NGC.

Executive produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Steve Michaels, Jonathan Koch and Mark Dowley, this groundbreaking series will highlight the most important and fascinating innovations that are currently making waves in the scientific community and are set to affect how we live our lives in the immediate future and beyond. Not only will Breakthrough outline the science behind these innovations, but it will also explore the courage, imagination, passion and self-sacrifice of the scientists who brought them to life. Their stories will be portrayed with compassion and yet instill a sense of wonder as each episode will be directed by a different Hollywood visionary including Ron Howard, Brett Ratner, Peter Berg, Angela Bassett, Akiva Goldsman, and Paul Giamatti.

The anatomy of shocking viral videos in Nat Geo's SCIENCE OF STUPID

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National Geographic Channel takes a funny look at the Internet’s most shocking viral videos in April 2014 when it premieres Science of Stupid, a show that explains why stunts go wrong when amateurs try to copy them. Each episode will examine stunt videos with disastrous endings and explain in scientific terms what factors caused the stunts to fail.

With the boom of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, where people find it easy to post and share interesting information and content, it’s no wonder that some are foolhardy enough to try the crazy stunts that they see professionals do. Such attempts often have catastrophic results—which in turn are posted in the hopes of going viral! Science of Stupid makes sense of this nonsense by showing the necessary setup to make the stunt successful along with what the people in the video did wrong to make things go haywire. It uses visual diagrams to explain the scientific principles applied—or in these cases, not applied—during each attempt.

Nat Geo's PINOY HOOPS uncovers Pinoys' basketball obsession! (Premieres Oct. 21)

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Aside from Philippine's signature dish adobo, the Philippines and its people can be defined by two things: Videoke and Basketball.  Every family, barangay or town commune or celebrate life via adobo, videoke and bastketball! I bet you'll agree with me in this statement.  

Why Basketball?  Why is there an undying love for basketball among Filipinos?  These questions are what National Geographic Channel wants to answer in its new series Pinoy Hoops!  PINOY HOOPS is hosted by Rafe Batholomew, author of the best-selling book Pacific Rims (this is not the robot-alien mosnters movie hehe), who will guide televiewers on a journey to the very heart of basketball-obsessed country to uncover why the sport has been embraced wholeheartedly by Filipinos from all walks of life.

Nat Geo's Earth Day Run set on April 22

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National Geographic Channel's annual Earth Day Run is happening this April 22 at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.

You can participate at Nat Geo's Earth Day through the following package:  3 km for PhP 650, 5 km for PhP 750, 10 k for PhP 950 and 21 k for PhP 1,150.  Entry fees include a limited edition of Nat Geo Earth Day Run technical shirt.

National Geographic Channel Marks the 100th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic with Explorers-In-Residence Robert Ballard and James Cameron

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Three Exploratory New Films Offer Definitive Examination into Why and How the Titanic Sank, Who Fought to Save Her and How to Protect the Legacy of the Most Star-Crossed Ship of the 20th Century 

The National Geographic Society and National Geographic Channel have announced a major cross-platform initiative to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, to take place in April 2012, including three documentaries, a magazine cover story, books, and more.

At the centrepiece of the plans are three premiere films, two featuring National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence Robert Ballard and James Cameron, premiering April 8, Sunday at 9 p.m. In Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron (April 8, 10 p.m.), the Oscar-winning filmmaker leads the ultimate cold-case investigation into the tragedy, bringing together the world’s leading Titanic experts to solve some unanswered questions behind the disaster including: How exactly did the ship break up? Why is one section of the ship so far away from the rest of the wreck? In Save the Titanic with Bob Ballard, the iconic explorer who discovered the Titanic retraces the steps of the people who set sail on that fateful journey and renews his quest to protect the legacy and the graveyard of the Titanic for another 100 years.