Mitochondrial DNA will be passed from mothers to children, both male along with female, with no changes and mutates at a predictable rate, since the origin of the people. Using these facts, some scientists are mastering the mitochondrial DNA to try and trace the origins from the human race. Using this method, scientists have mapped … Read more
Math is an integral part of live. You might not know it, you might not see it, but math has an impact on everything we do in life. And everything that has happened in the past several years. This documentary takes a look at how developments in mathematics over the past 40 years completely changed … Read more
In the fourth century BC the Greek philosopher Aristotle went to Lesbos, an island in the Aegean full, then as now, with wildlife. His fascination with what he found there, and his careful study of it, gave birth to a new science – biology. Professor Armand Leroi follows in the footsteps of Aristotle to discover … Read more
This is a movie very, very old / conversation. It was in 1988. Anyway I thought I’d have him here. In a studio environment, Stephen Hawking, Arthur C. Clarke and Carl Sagan (who joins them via satellite) to discuss the theory of Big Bang, God, our existence, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. God, the … Read more
Could have come with the theory of relativity of Einstein? If not – why not? This is what Marcus du Sautoy, a mathematics professor, wants to explore. Marcus admits that he is not a genius, but genius wants to know if they are simply an extreme version of himself – or if their brains are … Read more
As Pope concludes his visit to Britain, the historian Dr. Thomas Dixon goes into the archives of the BBC to explore the troubled relationship between religion and science. Of the U.S. creationist physicists Large Hadron Collider, which traces the spread of scientific knowledge and wonders if there is room for God in the modern world. … Read more
Wherever we look, there is life, in most hospital settings and in the most extreme. However, we found only life on our planet. How did things the stars come together to create life as we know it? What it really means “life”? And help us unravel the mystery to find life elsewhere? About 4.6 million … Read more
50 years ago, psychedelics like LSD escaped the labs, and became one of the worst and dangerous street drugs. Nowadays, the LSD is still one of the most potent chemicals for mood changing. Derived from a poisonous ergot fungus, just one small sample of the drug can produce 12 hours of effects. Before it became … Read more
This documentary examines the fact that perhaps one in every hundred people suffer from a mixture of the senses. Imagine if every time you saw someone called Derek you got a strong taste of wax in your mouth. It happens to James Wannerton, which has a pub. Derek is one of the owners. Another common … Read more
Comedian Ben Miller returns to his roots as a physicist to try to answer a seemingly simple question: What is a degree of temperature? His search leads him to the frontiers of modern science as it meets the researchers who work in hot and cold temperatures in the universe, and a laboratory where they experienced … Read more