Sir Isaac Newton is one of the most famous and influential scientists of all time. His discoveries in physics completely changed the world. Nowadays, his laws of motion are used everywhere and in almost everything. Without Newton, the field of mechanics would be different. In 1705, Queen Anne knighted Newton for his service to the … Read more
Where did everything come from? How did it all begin, the universe and everything? Easy. There was a big bang, 13.7bn years ago, since when the universe has been expanding, right? Well, that used to be correct. But now a bunch of pointy heads are beginning to question this, and Horizon: What Happened Before the … Read more
We have sent robots to Mars. The most notable one was named Spirit and touched down on January 3rd 2004. The robot was only suppose to last for a few months. However Spirit trekked on for much longer then expected. This expedition has given us new facts about our terrestrial neighbor, information that will surly … Read more
In June 2000, astronomers made an extraordinary discovery. That promises to solve one of the biggest problems in cosmology – how and why galaxies are created. Incredibly, the answer has to do the strangest objects, destructive and terrible in the universe – a supermassive black hole. Scientists are beginning to believe that these forces of … Read more
The race to the Moon marked the battle between the Soviet Union and the United States in the 1960s. It was right in the middle of the Cold War. The United States were the first one to send a crew and land on the Moon. Apollo 11 achieved that feat on July 20, 1969. Some … Read more
Back in the days, Nikola Tesla famously said “Let the future tell the truth and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine”. And true to his words, Nikola Tesla really defined our future. The famous Serbian-American scientist was so … Read more
The twenty-three vehicles for strange line at the exit gate of the DARPA Grand Challenge with one thing in common: no one behind the wheel s. Sponsored by the Pentagon’s research agency s this race for robotic vehicles without driver has a $ 2 million. Their ultimate goal is to gather new ideas for the … Read more
Inside the Milky Way takes us thousands of light years into the heart of the largest clusters of galaxies that we can see. It explores the history of the Milky Way, hunt for black holes, see how stars are born and die and lets us see the galaxy from a different perpsective. Great graphics, 3D … Read more
From the maker of the Zeitgeist film arrangement, Peter Joseph, comes the most noticeably bad reality show ever: the genuine one. This opening show addresses the nearing 2012 US Presidential Election and the subject of what we see as “Majority rule government” on the planet today. One of the most prominent figure of the exploratory thought Carl … Read more
Time Travel has become one of the most popular topics in recent years. Truth be told, scientists have always been fascinated with the thought that traveling through time might be possible. Time travel is defined as “the concept of movement between certain points in time, analogous to movement between different points in space”. In the … Read more