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Battle of the Brains
Can you think of 100 different uses for a sock? How to cope with glasses that turn everything upside down? What is emotional intelligence? Can you create a work of art in 10 minutes? Horizonte has seven people who are some of the highest flayers in his field: a musical prodigy, a quantum physicist, an[...]
Watch Documentary Online NowWhat on Earth is Wrong With Gravity?
The particle physicist and ex D: Ream keyboardist Dr. Brian Cox wants to know why the universe is built the way it is. He believes that the answers are in the force of gravity. But Newton thought gravity was powered by God, and even Einstein did not completely solve it. Heading out with his film crew on[...]
Watch Documentary Online NowAbsolute Zero
This two-part story scientific detective tells the story of a remarkable group of pioneers who wanted to get to the last extreme: absolute zero, a place so cold that the physical world as we know does not exist, electricity flows without resistance, fluids defy gravity and the speed of light can be reduced to 38[...]
Watch Documentary Online NowIn the Realm of the Hackers
The Realm of the Hackers tells the story of two teenagers, who called themselves Electron and Phoenix, and were members of The Realm, an elite computer-hacking group. This group had hacked into The US Naval Research Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a government lab charged with the security of the US nuclear stockpile, as well[...]
Watch Documentary Online NowWho Says Science has Nothing to Say About Morality?
In his new book The Moral Landscape, neurologist and philosopher Sam Harris challenges the widespread view that science has nothing to say about moral issues and that religion is the greatest authority on the meaning, values and a good life. For Sam, the goal of moral physiognomy is to start a conversation about moral truth can[...]
Watch Documentary Online NowWhen We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
Prepare for takeoff with this stunning high-definition six-part series that tells the story in an epic effort from NASA. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the space agency, to continue the mission of John Glenn Mercury to orbit the earth, the historic first steps on the moon Neil Armstrong, unprecedented spacewalk to repair Hubble stories, and[...]
Watch Documentary Online NowGrowing Up in the Universe
Growing Up in the Universe was a series of lectures given by Richard Dawkins in the framework of the Conference of the Royal Institution Christmas, in which he talked about the evolution of life in the universe. The lectures were first broadcast in 1991, in the form of five one-hour episodes. To begin the one hand,[...]
Watch Documentary Online NowTo Infinity and Beyond
"Documentary examines the current thinking about very large numbers and infinity when it comes to mathematics and the observable universe. For the third year, most of us have learned to count. Once we know how, it seems as if there was nothing to stop us counting forever. But while the idea may seem infinite perfectly[...]
Watch Documentary Online Now100 Greatest Discoveries
Scientists have transformed the way we think and live throughout the centuries. What are the most important scientific discoveries of all time? Without any particular order, are the top 100 in eight different categories. Explore the universe, the world around you, the world under a microscope, things of the earth under their feet, the past, making the[...]
Watch Documentary Online NowDarwin’s Dangerous Idea
Andrew Marr explores how Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection has taken on a life beyond the world of science. In the first episode of the three-part series, argues that Darwin's theory has transformed our understanding of what it means to be human. Over the past 150 years, Darwin's ideas have questioned the need for[...]
Watch Documentary Online NowWhy We Believe in Gods: Andy Thomson (Lecture)
This lecture summarizes the scientific research that explains the human inclination to create divinity.
It is a defense of atheism, but rather shows what science has to say about the various modules and capabilities that humans have developed over the millennia that lend themselves to the creation and acceptance of religious explanations.
Although the author made clear[...]
Watch Documentary Online NowThe Beauty of Diagrams
Series in which the mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explores the stories of some of the best known scientific diagrams.
Vitruvian Man - looks at the world famous Leonardo da Vinci's diagram of the perfect human body, which has many layers of anatomy of architecture, and defines our species like no other before or after drawing.
The Vitruvian[...]
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