Playing God: The story of the spider-goat and biological machines
Due to our knowledge, technology and science we are able to take life and redesign it radically. Life has become a programable machine. We...
CERN & The Hunt for Higgs: What will the god particle reveal?
Professor Jim Al-Khalili visits CERN, near Geneva, where scientists try to proove the existence of the Higgs-Boson-particle. If scientists can find the socalled "God...
Hot Planet? Can we stop global warming?
The earth has become warmer over the last few years. Though we don´t see a big change on the thermometer, a lot has changed...
What Darwin Didn´t Know: How scientists try to complete and prove his theory
When Darwin published On the Origin of Species he knew he didn´t know everything about evolution and his theory had some gaps. He believed...
Forever Young: How to build a longer lasting human
Nowadays scientists can read the genetic code of life like a book. Life expectancy has been doubled and we already live 30 years longer...
The origins of pleasure
This is no documentary about Nazis or Hitler's 2nd in command Hermann Goering in particular, but it's a story about the origins of pleasure...
Don’t Grow Old – Is there an elixir of youth?
The BBC HORIZON documentary "Don't grow old" shows scientists who are searching for an "elixir of youth" that should help us to manipulate and...
The Race to Zero Point – Is Free Energy Possible?
Energy is all around us. There is not only electric energy, but all forms of power. It's in every atom, drop of water, breeze...
Stupidity! Are you a Moron or Genius?
This documentary about stupidity tells us the history of the word "moron", the difference between stupid, moron, smart, intelligent, genius and questions the regular...
Dangerous Knowledge – The True Nature of Reality
What is Reality? Philosophs, physics and mathematicians have been thinking about this question since thousands of years. This BBC Documentary by David Malone looks...
