Ötzi – The Iceman...
Ötzi the Iceman is the modern nickname of a well-preserved natural mummy of a man from about 3300 BC, found in ...
EP2/6 Speed: Superst...
Superstars Of Speed Brilliant BBC documentary. Jeremy Clarkson finds out why it is that some people can go faster than others. He plays ...
How to Kill a Human ...
Former Conservative MP Michael Portillo pushes his body to the brink of death in an investigation into the science of execution. As the ...
That’s Impossible:...
Is it possible to achieve eternal life? Some believe the first children who will live to the age of 1,000 have already ...
Science Fiction, Sci...
Warp speed, transporters, wormholes and lasers – they are all staples of science fiction books, movies, and TV shows. But the fantastic ...
EP1/6 Speed...
The Thrill of Speed The central premise of Speed is an intriguing one, that human beings are the only species capable of exceeding ...
The Mystery of Empty...
Get ready to re-think your ideas of reality. Join UCSD physicist Kim Griest as he takes you on a fascinating excursion, addressing ...
The Lobotomist...
Early in the 20th Century, individuals who suffered from mental illness had little hope of recovery. Psychiatric medications had yet to be ...
Human Cloning...
Panayiotis Zavos is a controversial fertility doctor. He said to “The Independent” that he had already cloned human embryos and transferred 11 ...
Alan and Marcus Go F...
Ever since he was at school, actor and comedian Alan Davies has hated maths. And like many people, he is not much ...
A: Head, B: Body...
This short documentary which was directed by Jim Fields is about Dr. Robert White who performed a very controversial Head Transplant procedure ...
Why Can’t We P...
Last century, earthquakes killed over one million, and it is predicted that this century might see ten times as many deaths. Yet ...
Nuclear Nightmares...
For the last 50 years the world has lived in fear of radiation. Hiroshima, Nagasaki and accidents at nuclear power stations struck ...
Fractals: The Colors...
The Mandelbrot set – someone has called it the thumb-print of God – is one of the most beautiful and remarkable discoveries ...
How Long Is A Piece ...
Alan Davies discovers that answering that question is much harder than he originally thought after visiting mathematician Marcus du Sautoy to help ...
