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Hyperland
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Hyperland is a 50 minute long documentary film about hypertext and surrounding technologies written by Douglas Adams and produced by BBC Two in 1990. It stars Douglas Adams as a computer user and Tom Baker, with whom Adams already had worked on Doctor Who, as a software agent. The self proclaimed “fantasy documentary” begins with a shot of Adam...
Wonders of the Universe
Professor Brian Cox reveals how the most fundamental scientific principles and laws explain not only the story of the universe, but the story of us all.
Destiny. Having explored the wonders of the solar system, Professor Brian Cox steps boldly on to an even bigger stage – the universe. Who are we? Where do we come from? For thousands of years ...
Living Forever: The Longevity Revolution
Immortality. Life Extension. The Fountain of Youth. Real science or simply wishful thinking? Is it hope or is it hype? Scientists from around the world are racing to answer one of humanity’s chief questions: can we turn back the human clock?
A decent documentary about the current researches in prolonging life expectancy. Several very interesting ...
Cosmic Voyage
A breathtaking journey through time and space.
Nominated for an Academy Award, this 36-minute IMAX production offers a state of the art, computer generated journey through the universe, and tries to pinpoint the role of human beings cohabitating within its vastness.
Among the topics included are a variety of the greatest scientific theories known...
Are We Still Evolving?
Dr Alice Roberts asks one of the great questions about our species: are we still evolving?
There’s no doubt that we’re a product of millions of years of evolution. But thanks to modern technology and medicine, did we escape Darwin’s law of the survival of the fittest?
Alice follows a trail of clues from ancient human bones, to studies of re...
Miracle Planet
Earth was born as a result of repeated asteroid collisions, the moon created by a single giant impact event. Then, Earth’s size attracted huge meteorites, which slammed into it, causing super-high-temperature rock vapor to cover the entire surface and evaporate all ocean water.
The earliest life-forms survived such infernal events by escaping de...
Albert Einstein: How I See the World
Albert Einstein is considered one of the greatest scientific thinkers of all time. His theories on the nature of time and space profoundly affected the human conception of the physical world and set the foundations for many of the scientific advances of the twentieth century. As a thinker on the human condition, politics, and all issues of the day,...
