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The Sky at Night - Is There Anybody out There

The Sky at Night – Is There Anybody out There?

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The Sky at Night – Is There Anybody out There – Diving into the intricate and somewhat contentious realm of alien communication, the Sky at Night team probes deep into the captivating pursuit of life on other celestial bodies, a topic that continues to fascinate the scientific community and beyond. The less publicized and arguably more intriguing aspect, however, lies in the extensive efforts taking place worldwide, seeking to answer the next logical question—what follows the potential discovery of alien life? The task of formulating how we might reach out to them, determining what the content of our initial communique […]

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Neutrino - Hunting the Ghost Particle

Neutrino – Hunting the Ghost Particle

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Neutrino – Hunting the Ghost Particle – This isn’t just a story; it’s an awe-inspiring epic of human perseverance and intellectual brilliance. It tells the incredible saga of how dedicated scientists have waged a tireless battle for nearly a hundred years to detect and decipher the intricacies of the neutrino, the most minuscule and peculiar particle of matter known to exist in the vast expanse of the universe. Within the celebrated halls of the globally recognized physics research center, Fermilab, there exists a devoted team of scientists. They are currently at work on a boldly conceived experiment aimed at tracking

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Wonders of the Universe episode 4

Wonders of the Universe episode 4

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Wonders of the Universe episode 4: In the last episode of Professor Brian Cox’s epic journey across the universe, he travels from the fossils of the Burgess Shale to the sands of the oldest desert in the world to show how light holds the key to our understanding of the whole universe, including our own deepest origins.     To understand how light holds the key to the story of the universe, you first have to understand its peculiar properties. Brian considers how the properties of light that lend colour to desert sands and the spectrum of a rainbow can

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Wonders of the Universe episode 3

Wonders of the Universe episode 3

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Wonders of the Universe episode 3: In the third episode, Professor Brian Cox delves into the captivating narrative of gravity, the force responsible for shaping the vast expanse of the universe. Gravity, despite its seemingly familiar nature, remains one of the most enigmatic and awe-inspiring forces known to humankind. Embarking on a zero-gravity flight, Brian immerses himself in the sensation of weightlessness, contemplating the profound impact gravity has exerted on our surrounding world.     However, the reach of gravity extends far beyond our immediate surroundings. It serves as the grand conductor of the cosmos, governing our orbital path around

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Wonders of the Universe episode 2

Wonders of the Universe episode 2

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Wonders of the Universe episode 2: In this episode, he seeks to answer the biggest questions of all – what are we and where do we come from? In the second stop in his exploration of the wonders of the universe, Professor Brian Cox goes in search of humanity’s very essence to answer the biggest questions of all: what are we? And where do we come from? This film is the story of matter – the stuff of which we are all made.     Brian reveals how our origins are entwined with the life cycle of the stars. But

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Wonders of the Universe

Wonders of the Universe

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Wonders of the Universe: In this episode, Brian looks at the nature of time and its role in creating both the universe and ourselves. 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 humanity has turned to religion and myth for answers to these enduring questions. But in this series, Brian presents a different set of answers – answers provided by science.     From an extraordinary calendar built into the landscape of Peru to

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Measuring Mass: The Last Artefact

Measuring Mass: The Last Artefact

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Measuring Mass: The Last Artefact – Just outside Paris, inside a hi-tech vault, and encased in three vacuum-sealed bell jars, rests a small metallic cylinder about the diameter of a golf ball. It may not look like much, but it is one of the most important objects on the planet.         It is the kilogramme, the base unit of mass in the International System of Units. This small hunk of metal is the object against which all others are measured. Yet over time, its mass has mysteriously eroded by the weight of an eyelash. A change that,

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Islands of Evolution episode 3 - Madeira

Islands of Evolution episode 3 – Madeira

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Islands of Evolution episode 3 – Madeira: In the final episode, Richard Fortey travels to Madeira to examine what happens to a volcanic island as it nears the end of its life cycle and starts sinking back into the sea. Here, in the island’s laurisilva forest, he examines the remains of an ancient forest that once carpeted all of Europe, finds island lizards that live to be four times older than their mainland counterparts, and meets a huge wolf spider. With the help of local divers, he also discovers an unexpectedly rich marine habitat populated by whales, dolphins and unusual

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Islands of Evolution episode 2 - Madagascar

Islands of Evolution episode 2 – Madagascar

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Islands of Evolution episode 2 – Madagascar: Professor Richard Fortey travels to the rainforests of Madagascar – an ancient island that has spawned some of the most extraordinary groups of plants and animals anywhere in the world. From beautiful Indri lemurs, toxic frogs, and the cat-like giant mongoose called the fossa, to evolutionary oddities like the giraffe-necked weevil and the otherworldly aye-aye, he uncovers the secrets of the evolutionary niche – examining how, given millions of years, animals and plants can adapt to fill almost any opportunity they find.       Three-part series in which Professor Richard Fortey investigates

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Islands of Evolution episode 1 - Hawaii

Islands of Evolution episode 1 – Hawaii

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Islands of Evolution episode 1 – Hawaii: Richard Fortey investigates why islands are laboratories of evolution. On Hawaii he finds honeycreeper birds, carnivorous caterpillars and silversword plants. In the first episode, Fortey is on Hawaii to investigate how life colonises a newly born island. According to some estimates, Hawaii has been successfully colonised by only one new species every 35,000 years due to its remote location – yet the Hawaiian Islands teem with a great diversity of life. In search of the evolutionary secrets of how one species becomes many, Fortey encounters beautiful honeycreeper birds whose evolution rivals that of

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The Incredible Human Journey episode 5

The Incredible Human Journey episode 5 – The Americas

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The Incredible Human Journey episode 5 – The Americas: Alice Roberts investigates how humans may have reached North and South America, looking at routes across the Canadian ice sheet and from Australia across the Pacific. For Stone Age people, reaching North and South America seems impossible – on each side vast oceans, and to the north an impenetrable ice sheet that covered the whole of Canada. So how did the first Americans get there?       Dr Alice Roberts discovers evidence for an ancient corridor through the Canadian ice sheet that may have allowed those first people through. But

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