What attributes set our species apart? Taming fire? Expressing artistically? Solving problems creatively? Recent discoveries that have already upended humankind’s origin story by expanding our family tree, are challenging long-held …
What is color? It seems like a simple question at first, but when you think about it, the reality of what we’re seeing is a pretty complex situation. Our human eyes sift through a small piece of the vast electromagnetic spectrum and translate it into every color of the rainbow.
Renowned cosmologist David Spergel joins Brian Greene to discuss the triumphs and tensions of precision cosmology, exploring remarkable successes as well as persistent discrepancies bedeviling current understanding. This program is …
Fire tornadoes and color changing liquids are all part of what keeps Annopa Singh’s chemistry class engaged. Science teachers prepare tomorrow’s pioneering scientists. Episode filmed live at the 2017 World …
Biomedical and forensic anthropologist Angelique Corthals travels the world uncovering 3,000 year old fossils and more in her exciting job to unearth mysteries of mummies. Episode filmed live at the …
You exist. You shouldn’t. Stars and galaxies and planets exist. They shouldn’t. The nascent universe contained equal parts matter and antimatter that should have instantly obliterated each other, turning the …