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- StarsMorgan FreemanAndy AlbrechtAlan GuthThis program examines some recent scientific theories of the universe and conceptions about God they may suggest.
- StarsMorgan FreemanJulie ComerfordReinhard GenzelAfter reviewing theories about how black holes form and how they were detected this program looks at their counterintuitive behavior that makes them seem so bizarre.
- DirectorKurt SayengaStarsMorgan FreemanSean CarrollJohn CramerBut if we succeed with time travel, what are the consequences of such freedom? Will we get trapped in a plethora of paradoxes and multiple universes that will destroy the fabric of the universe?
- StarsMorgan FreemanWilliam J. BoruckiPaul DaviesThis program considers the likelihood that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe and the prospects that it may inhabit a nearby planet. Then the various methods being used to look for alien intelligence are reviewed.
- StarsMorgan FreemanDan BauerBrenna FlaugherScientists have discovered that the universe we see is an incidental component of all there is. This program explains how dark matter and dark energy were discovered and how scientists are struggling to understand them.
- 2010–201744mTV-PG7.6 (195)TV EpisodeDirectorKurt SayengaStarsMorgan FreemanEben AlexanderBruce GreysonScience is a long way from answering the question posed in this program. But exploring it has proved a fertile avenue for investigation into what exactly is consciousness and self-awareness.
- DirectorKurt SayengaStarsMorgan FreemanJulian BarbourSean CarrollAfter a brief explanation of how we measure time this program takes a detailed look at how we perceive time. Then it's time for the physicists to present their ideas about what time is before Steve Weinstein talks about two dimensional time.
- StarsMorgan FreemanDaryl BemChristie CampagnaSeveral scientists have conducted experiments, although with somewhat questionable controls, that suggest humans may have a rudimentary capabilities for telepathy and precognition. This program reviews the studies and the scientists speculate about how these capabilities may work and why we might have them.
- 2010–201744mTV-PG8.0 (156)TV EpisodeStarsMorgan FreemanElie CartanAndrew ClelandThis program presents the scientific foundation for parallel universes. Then it reviews the various speculative ideas scientists are exploring about how universes form and how they interact. In our explorations we bump into our old cosmic friends; black holes, white holes, dark matter and the big bang.
- StarsMorgan FreemanAubrey de GreyGreg FahyThis program reviews current thinking about what causes death and aging. Then it examines increasingly bizarre ideas about how to prevent them.
- 2010–201744mTV-PG7.6 (137)TV EpisodeStarsMorgan FreemanWilliam BainsJohn DiPrimaThis program gives serious consideration to what life forms on other planets might look like founded on the vast diversity of life on earth now and in the past and what is now known about the environments on other planets found by the Kepler telescope. Then it indulges in a little speculation about what extra-terrestrial intelligence might be like.
- 2010–201744mTV-PG7.3 (106)TV EpisodeDirectorKurt SayengaStarsMorgan FreemanLance BeckerJohn ElefteriadesWhat if death wasn't the end? Resurrecting bodies isn't enough. To truly live again, we must also resurrect our minds. Scientists are developing ways to digitally preserve the contents of our brains. We may rise again as software, embedded in new forms.
- 2010–201744mTV-PG7.5 (112)TV EpisodeDirectorLaura VerklanStarsMorgan FreemanHerbert BensonJoshua BrownThe subconscious has long been thought of as the source of our primal fears and desires. But scientists have discovered how the subconscious makes snap decisions that protect us from harm, and that it can be trained to actually heal our bodies of disease.
- DirectorGeoffrey SharpStarsMorgan FreemanTom BanksRaphael BoussoCan time tick on forever or will time itself end? It's possible that eternity already exists, and the future is traveling back in time to shape the present. Or time might even be a holographic projection, reaching back to us from the end of eternity!
- DirectorJames YoungerStarsMorgan FreemanJesse BeringOlaf BlankeDid God invent humanity? Or did we invent God? Since our brains are where we experience reality, does imagining God make God real? One neuroscientist is trying to find the answer by peering into the human mind, and seeing what God really looks like!
- 2010–201744mTV-PG8.2 (104)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid IsserStarsMorgan FreemanDennis HongFrom our smartphones to our cars, we have robots that live and work beside us. We are designing them to think and move on their own. Is it possible that these objects evolve to be smarter than humans or will we choose to merge with the machines?
- DirectorDavid LaMattinaKurt SayengaStarsMorgan FreemanDo you make your own luck, or does luck make you? Some scientists believe luck is strictly a matter of statistics and probabilities - but others believe unseen forces are at work.
- 2010–201743mTV-PG7.4 (79)TV EpisodeDirectorKurt SayengaStarsMorgan FreemanMark GassonThe stability of the US, Europe, China, or any global power depends on high-speed digital communication. With a little imagination, could a few terrorists sabotage this massive network? Cripple a mighty nation? Perhaps even tear down modern civilization? Our increasing dependence on digital devices and global interactivity may be placing us in grave danger. Scientists around the world are dealing with new threats such as body hacking, Trojan Horse viruses, and brain-damaging Internet addiction. But what if the ultimate threat isn't an attack on technology, but the technology itself? Could the final superpower be a conscious Internet?
- DirectorAnthony LundStarsMorgan FreemanLee KumpThere could be an undiscovered species on Earth unlike anything we've ever known. Not in the ocean, but the ocean itself.
- 2010–201744mTV-PG7.3 (76)TV EpisodeDirectorAnthony LundStarsMorgan FreemanAaron LyonsIt is a nightmare that has stalked us for centuries: hordes of human beings transformed into mindless, bloodthirsty monsters that usher in the downfall of civilization. Could this nightmare ever become reality? Scientists have discovered pathogens that turn insects into the walking dead. New deadly strains of viruses are attacking humans every day. Mathematicians are calculating the likelihood of surviving a zombie virus outbreak. Neuroscientists are even discovering that we can easily lose conscious control of our bodies. If we were in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, would we even know it? Will we someday lose our bodies and souls? Is a Zombie Apocalypse possible?
- DirectorAnthony LundStarsMorgan FreemanSean CarrollGravity is an unsolved mystery of the universe. Why do all objects that have mass pull on one another? New theories propose unexpected answers.
- 2010–201743mTV-PG7.5 (76)TV EpisodeStarsMorgan FreemanJames S. BullockCosmologists agree that "dark matter" has helped shape our Universe, but now they need to figure out what dark matter is. What's going on in this hidden world? Could it have formed its own dark stars, planets, and even life forms?