http://documentaryheaven.com Welcome To Documentary Heaven!! Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:18:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://documentaryheaven.com/playing-god/ http://documentaryheaven.com/playing-god/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:41:46 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6390 Adam Rutherford meets a new creature created by American scientists, the spider-goat. It is part goat, part spider, and its milk can be used to create artificial spider’s web.It is part of a new field of research, synthetic biology, with a radical aim: to break down nature into spare parts so that we can rebuild it however we please. This technology is already being used to make bio-diesel to power cars. Other researchers are looking at how we might, one day, control human emotions by sending ‘biological machines’ into our brains.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/playing-god/feed/ 15 http://documentaryheaven.com/stargazing-live/ http://documentaryheaven.com/stargazing-live/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:33:56 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6364 Professor Brian Cox and Dara O Briain host three days of live stargazing featuring epic images from observatories around the globe.Episode 1: Jonathan Ross is shown how to use a telescope. Brian explains why planets are spheres. Hawaii becomes home to Liz, who tells us about Mars and Mark gives tips on how to take brilliant night photographs.Episode 2: Liz shows us images of the sun, Brian explains how we know where every planet will be at a certain time, Liz talks about blackouts from CMEs. We are shown images of the Andromida Galaxy, our nearest neighbour, and a weirdo talks about sound in Apace.Episode 3: Brian talks to the astronauts on board the International Space Station,Mark gives amateur stargazers a chance to watch the Quadrantid Meteor Shower, Liz looks at the night skies from beautiful Hawaii nd shows us some of the telescopes, Dara goes on top of the Lovell telescope at their HQ in Jodrell Bank Observ... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/stargazing-live/feed/ 6 http://documentaryheaven.com/britains-greatest-codebreaker/ http://documentaryheaven.com/britains-greatest-codebreaker/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:03:44 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6354 This drama documentary records the brilliance – and the destruction – of one of the 20th century’s greatest minds. Alan Turing is the genius British mathematician who was instrumental in breaking the German Naval Enigma Code during World War II, arguably saving millions of lives. He was also the visionary scientist who gave birth to the computer age, pioneered artificial intelligence, and was the first to investigate the mathematical underpinnings of the living world. Turing is one of the great original thinkers of the 20th century, who foresaw the digital world in which we now live. In the eyes of many scientists today Turing sits alongside Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin at the table of scientific greats.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/britains-greatest-codebreaker/feed/ 8 http://documentaryheaven.com/concordes-last-flight/ http://documentaryheaven.com/concordes-last-flight/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:52:03 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6302 A Futant, as defined by Dr. Timothy Leary, is someone that is genetically programmed to be the evolutionary future scouts of humanity. Leary coined the term Futant by melding the words 'Future' and 'Mutant' to better define this small percentage of our species. He also went on to outline the 8 Circuit Model of Human Consciousness, a primer for human psychology which allows us to pinpoint the evolutionary status of any living being and our society as a whole.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/concordes-last-flight/feed/ 4 http://documentaryheaven.com/on-the-road-with-scientists-at-cern/ http://documentaryheaven.com/on-the-road-with-scientists-at-cern/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:34:07 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6281 Matthew Stadlen spends the day at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research near Geneva, with accelerator physicist Steve Myers.CERN is one of the world’s largest and most respected centers for scientific research. Its business is fundamental physics, finding out what the Universe is made of and how it works. At CERN, the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments are used to study the basic constituents of matter – the fundamental particles. By studying what happens when these particles collide, physicists learn about the laws of Nature.... 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Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/seeing-stars/feed/ 4 http://documentaryheaven.com/bill-gates-how-a-geek-changed-the-world/ http://documentaryheaven.com/bill-gates-how-a-geek-changed-the-world/#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 13:23:40 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6098 The Money Programme’s Fiona Bruce gains exclusive access to Bill Gates as he prepares to step down from full-time involvement with Microsoft, the company he helped found. Gates’s company has changed the world, but he’s a controversial figure, with his ruthless business leadership contributing to Microsoft being sued by the US government. In a special one-hour edition of the Money Programme, Fiona Bruce presents the definitive profile of Bill Gates as he embarks on his latest challenge: giving away the billions he’s amassed. She examines the fortunes of Microsoft as it faces up to competition from Internet-based companies, and the programme asks an array of well-known friends, colleagues and rivals what the future holds for the company in a post-Gates world.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/bill-gates-how-a-geek-changed-the-world/feed/ 13 http://documentaryheaven.com/charlie-brookers-gameswipe/ http://documentaryheaven.com/charlie-brookers-gameswipe/#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 13:21:06 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6097 Charlie Brooker sets his caustic sights on video games. Expect acerbic comment as he looks at the various genres, how they have changed since their early conception and how the media represents games and gamers. Features interviews with Dara O’Briain, sitcom scribe Graham Linehan and Rab and Ryan from Consolevania. The one-off special was very similar to its predecessors, in that Brooker, along with a camera and various games consoles, reviewed and previewed video games in the same style as Screenwipe. Brooker claimed that it would attempt to prove that video games can be just as engaging as television and just as dumb. He said to Expect pixels, joypads, some of the world’s weirdest games, celebrity cameos and the occasional sound effect.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/charlie-brookers-gameswipe/feed/ 4