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Through the Wormhole
Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole explores the deepest mysteries of existence - the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. What are we made of? What was there before the beginning? Are we really alone? Is there a creator? These questions have been pondered by the most exquisite minds of the human race. Now, science has evolved to the point where hard facts and evidence may be able to provide us with answers instead of philosophical theories. Through the Wormhole brings together the brightest minds and best ideas from the very edges of science - Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Quantum Mechanics, String Theory, and more - to reveal the extraordinary truth of our Universe.
- Created by:
- Geoffrey Sharp
- Cast:
- Morgan Freeman
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- Science
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Season 4
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
Is There a God Particle?
2013-03-20 · 44mScientists explore the effects of the Higgs Boson discovery, which validates the Standard Model in particle physics and solidifies the understanding of subatomic particles; highlights include an in-depth discussion of the Higgs field and mass.
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Episode 2
When Does Life Begin?
2013-06-05 · 44mIt is a debate that has raged for centuries’. Groundbreaking evidence reveals that inside all of us are traces of cells from our relatives, blurring the lines between one life and another. Technology is now giving birth to new life forms made of surprising components – from droplets of oil in a Petri dish, to conscious robots and to a new global internet-connected life form comprised of all humanity.
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Episode 3
Can We Survive the Death of the Sun?
2013-06-12 · 44mWe are all at the mercy of the Sun. Its glowing disc sustains nearly all life on Earth. But the Sun also holds a dark secret: someday, our aging, expanding star will bathe the Earth in a fiery holocaust. Everything we know will turn to hot, bubbling, plasma.
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Episode 4
How Do Aliens Think?
2013-06-19 · 44mIf the stuff of life is spread throughout the cosmos, then the universe could be teeming with aliens.
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Episode 5
Will Sex Become Extinct?
2013-07-03 · 44mEvery single person who has ever lived was created from the genes of one man and one woman. But human sexual reproduction, unchanged for millions of years, is about to undergo radical change.
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Episode 6
Can Our Minds Be Hacked?
2013-06-26 · 44mOur minds store our entire lives, our memories and our deepest desires. Tell no one, and our thoughts remain our own. But our brains are biological computers. Computer hackers can tamper with our email.
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Episode 7
Are Robots the Future of Human Evolution?
2013-07-10 · 44mWe are in the midst of a revolution so insidious we can't even see it. From our telephones to our vacuum cleaners to our cars, we have robots that live and work beside us. And now we're designing them to think for themselves, giving them the power to learn to move on their own.
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Episode 8
Is Reality Real?
2013-07-17 · 44mWe are in the midst of a revolution so insidious we can't even see it. From our telephones to our vacuum cleaners to our cars, we have robots that live and work beside us. And now we're designing them to think for themselves, giving them the power to learn to move on their own.
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Episode 9
Do We Have Free Will?
2013-07-24 · 44mWhat if everything that has or will happen in the universe has already been determined and we are unable to change our inevitable destinies? Until the discovery of quantum uncertainty, physicists were convinced free will does not exist. Now neuroscientists and geneticists have stepped into the fray, arguing that free will is an illusion thanks to the genes we are born with, the automatic processes working in our brains, and the conforming pressures of society.
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Episode 10
Did God Create Evolution?
2013-07-31 · 44mWhat or who created all of the billions of species that have lived on Earth? Is all life the product of evolution as Charles Darwin proposed or was it the guiding hand of a higher power?
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Morgan Freeman
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