Jason Silva, philosopher and futurist, reveals mankind’s next evolutionary leap. Will our symbiotic relationship with technology help us transcend our biological limitations, therefore ushering in a new era of humans? Transhumanism is a look at what the future may hold for humanity.

Jason Silva reveals mankind’s next evolutionary leap. Will our symbiotic relationship with technology help us transcend our biological limitations?

Jason Silva: Transhumanism

The Singularity, or the arrival of superhuman intelligence, has been described as both the “rapture of the nerds” and inevitable. Futurist and philosopher Jason Silva explores the ways in which this radical transformation may occur through biotechnology, nanotechnology and artificial intelligence.

Futurist and philosopher Jason Silva explores the ways in which this radical transformation may occur through biotechnology, nanotechnology and artificial intelligence.

Jason Silva: The Road To The Singularity

The darkest days of the Cold War lead to the greatest communications revolution in history. While racing to out-innovate the Soviet Union, American scientists develop the foundations of the web. UCLA professor Leonard Kleinrock is there as the first internet message is transmitted in 1969.

Birth Of The Internet

What is a virus? How does it affect humans and how does it spread? Doctors, virologists, and scientists examine the spread of the Zika virus, what effect this growing epidemic may have on large populations, and possible next steps to stop the illness.

What is a virus? How does it affect humans and how does it spread? Doctors, virologists, and scientists examine the spread of the Zika virus.

Viruses: Destruction And Creation

A.I. is a primal force, like fire. The same fire that warms us can incinerate our homes; A.I. could enslave mankind -- or, join us in a grand alliance to reach the stars.

A.I. & the Destiny of Mankind

Einstein was correct about gravitational waves. Here is a short primer on these up-to-now-only theoretical waves. And you will find out how we have finally confirmed Einstein's theory and what the research into gravitational waves will tell us about the beginnings of our Universe.

Einstein was correct about gravitational waves. Here is a short primer on these up-to-now-only theoretical waves.

Gravitational Waves

Creativity is an essential component of human progress. From arts to technology, our world has been shaped by the vision of all those who have dared to think differently. Dr. Nancy Andreasen, a neuropsychiatrist, studies the creative process in the brain and its relation to mental illness.

Creativity is an essential component of human progress. Dr. Nancy Andreasen studies the creative process in the brain and its relation to mental illness.

Unraveling The Creative Mind

From the detection of gravitational waves generated in space over a billion years ago, to discoveries in genetics here on Earth, we've collected the most compelling science breakthroughs and advances of 2016.

We've collected the most compelling science breakthroughs and advances of 2016, such as, the detection of gravitational waves generated in space over a billion years ago.

The Hunt For Dark Matter

Gravitational Waves from three billion light years away have reached Earth -- the latest discovery from a new branch of astronomy that one day could give us a front-row seat to the Big Bang.

Gravitational Waves from three billion light years away have reached Earth.

Gravitational Waves: Rewinding Time

Our Sun could erupt at any moment, spewing a vast wave of charged particles toward Earth that could leave millions of people without power for up to a year. Learn about the latest missions to protect our planet from this potentially devastating threat.

Our Violent Sun

Modern physics reveals a universe with no need of a creator -- and a world where each person creates their own meaning.

The Indifferent Amazing Universe

They've captured our imagination and are a source of childlike wonder, but what exactly are rainbows? Learn the science behind these weather phenomenon and how one day they might help pinpoint habitable planets in deep space.

They've captured our imagination and are a source of childlike wonder, but what exactly are rainbows?

Infinite Rainbows

Neurologist and best-selling author David Eagleman reveals how our brains piece together “reality,” and how we might expand our perception of the world around us.

What is Reality? with David Eagleman

The Apollo equipment has sat abandoned on the lunar surface for over 40 years. Now there is a renewed excitement and drive to return to the moon. This time, not to just plant a flag, but to colonize. How would we accomplish this? And why would we do it?

The Apollo equipment has sat abandoned on the lunar surface for over 40 years. Now there is a renewed excitement and drive to return to the moon.

Return to the Moon

Renowned geneticist and author Spencer Wells reveals how changes in our genetic code have fueled major changes in our appearance and capabilities over time, and why scientists believe we're continuing to rapidly evolve today. By understanding these changes, we are better prepared for the future.

Renowned geneticist and author Spencer Wells reveals how changes in our genetic code have fueled major changes in our appearance and capabilities over time.

Rapidly Evolving Human with Spencer Wells

Take a look back at many of the most fascinating science stories of 2018. Discover how a young woman who fell into a cave 3.7 million years ago is rewriting our understanding of early human history. Learn how space missions are unraveling the mysteries of our universe. See the year in a new light!

Take a look back at many of the most fascinating science stories of 2018. From early human history discoveries to current-day space missions. See the year in a new light!

Hacking our Microbiome

For the first time, scientists have captured a photograph of a black hole. The image verifies one of the most important theories in physics and will help unlock the greatest mysteries of the cosmos.

For the first time, scientists have captured a photograph of a black hole. The image will help unlock the greatest mysteries of the cosmos.

The First Picture of a Black Hole

Have you ever wondered how much control you really have over your weight? New research may have an answer to that very question asked by many frequent dieters.

Skinny Genes

Deep in the mountains of West Virginia, the Green Bank Observatory has been receiving a mysterious signal from deep space. Could this be a message from an advanced civilization, or is it a much stranger and violent occurrence? Visit the largest steerable radio telescope on the planet for answers.

Message From Space?

Blockchain technology is sweeping the globe, moving from high-flying cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin to more traditional sectors of our economy. But is it safe? And can it be trusted to help manage everything from our health care to our food supply?

Blockchain technology is sweeping the globe. But is it safe? And can it be trusted to help manage everything from our health care to our food supply?

Blockchain Revolution

Firefighters have relied on the same basic tools for decades. But former NASA engineer Mike Ralston hopes to change that with MSTAR – a new breed of emergency vehicle that brings a powerful suite of high-tech tools from Silicon Valley to the front lines of firefighting.

Firefighters have relied on the same basic tools for decades. But former NASA engineer Mike Ralston hopes to change that with a new breed of emergency vehicle.

New Firefighting Tech

The remarkable story of the engineers behind the revolutionary technologies developed for the Apollo missions. In the face of epic challenges, and with a fraction of today’s technology, these are the people who navigated us to the moon and back.

The remarkable story of the engineers behind the revolutionary technologies developed for the Apollo missions.

Hack the Moon: Unsung Heroes of Apollo

2019 was a year filled with astonishing discoveries on Earth and beyond. We inched closer to immortality, recovered and restored our heritage, and science fiction became science fact when we saw the unseeable for the very first time.

2019 was a year filled with astonishing discoveries on Earth and beyond. Science fiction became science fact when we saw the unseeable for the very first time.

Raising A Genius

Solar sails, the latest in space travel technology, could one day help us reach nearby stars. Follow the exciting missions laying the ground towards a new form of space exploration.

Sailing to the Stars

Could you find a way to survive in a post-apocalyptic world? Astrobiologist and author Lewis Dartnell explores what it would take to stay alive following a global cataclysm, and what knowledge we would need to rebuild civilization as we know it.

Apocalypse 101

For decades, it was thought that ADHD primarily affected boys and men. But new research is revealing the stunning impact the disorder can have on women, leading to effective treatments for millions who may be suffering in silence.

Women with ADHD

The human body is a wonderfully complex machine and confronted to extreme conditions such as hypoxia, cold, and isolation, it triggers off strange and primitive survival mechanisms that modern science is only beginning to understand.

Beyond Cold

This is an inside look at NASA's groundbreaking Artemis Program, the spacecraft, and the people who will bring humanity one step closer to the moon, Mars, and beyond.

Artemis: First Launch

While humans debate which is worse, dwindling resources or planet-killing celestial bodies, new breakthroughs in extra-planetary surveying and rocket propulsion are revealing the dichotomy of asteroids; those that might provide a new source of precious metals and those that can outright kill us.

New breakthroughs in extra-planetary surveying and rocket propulsion are revealing the dichotomy of asteroids.

Year of the Asteroid

Forecasting volcanic eruptions is notoriously challenging, but teams of scientists from around the globe may soon be utilizing cosmic rays to diagnose when a volcano is about to blow.

Forecasting volcanic eruptions is notoriously challenging, but teams of scientists may soon be utilizing cosmic rays to diagnose when a volcano is about to blow.

Into the Volcano

Astronomers linked radio dishes around the world to create the “Event Horizon Telescope” and have utilized this tool to photograph a supermassive black hole in the heart of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Its name is “Sagittarius A Prime” and it is over 4 million times more massive than the Sun.

Astronomers linked radio dishes around the world to create the “Event Horizon Telescope” and have utilized this tool to photograph a supermassive black hole.

Capturing A Black Hole In Our Milky Way

For the first time in history, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has pierced the Sun’s corona and is orbiting above its surface. Scientists have a front-row seat to better understand the sun and predict huge solar eruptions that can cause serious damage when they hit Earth.

For the first time in history, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has pierced the Sun’s corona and is orbiting above its surface.

Voyage Into the Sun

Anyone stuck in traffic has fantasized about lifting off and transforming their car into a helicopter. A sleek ride, capable of circumventing the chaos of city driving, soaring above coastal roads, or even the coast itself. Those days are upon us as flying cars move out of the realm of fantasy.

Anyone stuck in traffic has fantasized about lifting off and transforming their car into a helicopter.

Tomorrow's Flying Cars

The dawn of a new era in astronomy has begun as the world gets its first look at the full capabilities of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. These first images from the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope demonstrate Webb at its full power.

The dawn of a new era in astronomy has begun as the world gets its first look at the full capabilities of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

First Images: The James Webb Telescope

Only a few years ago science fiction, today reality: private companies send astronauts, tourists and technology into space. The competition for technical supremacy in space has begun. This film shows the complicated dynamics between public and private interests in the "New Space".

This movie shows the complicated dynamics between public and private interests in the "New Space".

New Space

Humanity is closer than ever before to a perpetual clean power source after a team of scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain. We now know one thing is possible, we can reach ignition.

Humanity is closer than ever before to a perpetual clean power source.

Fusion: Harnessing the Power of Stars

We’ve known about them for centuries and have been photographing them for decades, but a new pair of missions will be launching to bring us closer than we’ve ever been to Jupiter’s icy moons. Revealing answers to what may be astronomy’s biggest question…do the conditions for life exist beyond Earth?

Two new missions will bring us closer to Jupiter’s icy moons. Revealing answers to what may be astronomy’s biggest question…do the conditions for life exist beyond Earth?

Jupiter's Moons and the Search for Life

A giant mass of floating seaweed is invading popular beaches in the US and Caribbean! At sea, the sargassum belt is a floating ecosystem, but when it hits the shore it turns toxic. Scientists are racing to figure out how to protect the coast while tracking and studying this natural wonder.

A giant mass of floating seaweed is invading popular beaches in the US and Caribbean!

The Great Seaweed Invasion

Can AI enable us to live forever? Explore the latest advancements in AI, robotics and biotech with visionaries who foresee a new age of “post-biological” life. As scientists point toward a world where humans and machines merge, we have to ask: “Will AI be the best, or the last thing we ever do?”

Can AI help us live forever? Explore the latest in AI and biotech with visionaries who foresee a new age of “post-biological” life.

Artificial Immortality

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests as they break open the atomic bonds that connect our world. This week’s experiments blow open the science behind creating a glowing pickle, how forensic teams extract DNA, and how acids can transform simple household items to their core.

Join host Nick Uhas and his guests as they break open the atomic bonds that connect our world.

Up and Atom

How did humanity's earliest ancestors evolve into one of the most successful species on Earth? An extraordinary journey tracing the footsteps of early hominids. Using the latest paleoanthropological findings mixed with the latest CGI from Square Enix, this story is finally told.

How did humanity's earliest ancestors evolve into one of the most successful species on Earth? The story is told using the latest technology in paleoanthropology.

Out of the Cradle

With Artificial Intelligence evolving so rapidly, will it surpass human intelligence? Could this lead to our replacement—or, worse, our extinction? Top experts provide a clear understanding of the immense benefits and potential dangers of AI.

With Artificial Intelligence evolving so rapidly, will it surpass human intelligence? Top experts provide a clear understanding of AI's potential benefits and dangers.

AI Tipping Point

A whirlwind tour of 2023's biggest breakthroughs, from discovering the earliest human footprints and detecting distant gravitational waves, to unlocking the power of fusion.

A whirlwind tour of 2023's biggest breakthroughs, from the earliest human footprints and distant gravitational waves to the power of fusion.

Curious Minds: The Internet

What is the power of innovation in our world? What is innovative thinking?

Curious Minds: Innovation

What do we know about the brain, the constant hub of activity that is our personal universe?

Curious Minds: Science of the Mind

Consciousness is at the center of human nature, but can scientists define it?

Curious Minds: Consciousness

Nano engineering will be one of the cornerstones of 21st Century industry and technological innovations.

Curious Minds: Nanotechnology

What do we know about Alzheimer's and other diseases of the brain? As we age, how does the brain change and adjust?

Curious Minds: Brain Health

Experts discuss the impact of scientific thought and developments across our society.

Curious Minds: Science In Society

What the future will look like in our day-to-day life?

Curious Minds: The Future

These original, short-form shows explore subjects ranging from gravity to the Pyramids to human aging. Be curious!

A Curious World (Season 1)

Technology, love it or hate it, its effects are shaping our lives and our futures.

Curious Minds: Technology

How has fast food and sedentary lifestyles changed our patterns of health? What can we do to reverse the trend to obesity?

Curious Minds: Health

More extreme weather and more intense weather -- is this our new reality with climate change? Experts weigh in on what's to come.

Curious Minds: Climate Change

What's a qubit? How do you visualize an atom? Welcome to the new world of quantum computing!

Curious Minds: Quantum Computing

Technology is changing the landscape of possibilities for medical care and personalized health care for both doctors and patients.

Curious Minds: Future Medicine

Robotics experts compete to build robots that can save lives and navigate disasters. See 2015's teams, and robots deployed today.

DARPA Robotics Challenge

Quantum physics? Theoretical physicist Brian Greene helps you understand its origins and its impact on today's world.

Exploring Quantum History With Brian Greene

Explore up to-the-minute and future science in these informative shorts.

A Curious World (Season 2)

Take a deeper look at some of the recent developments in physics, astronomy and other sciences.

Breakthrough

What role will the moon play in man's next attempts to conquer space?

Destination: Moon

Catch up on all the discoveries made by the space probe Juno, which is up close and personal with the largest planet in the solar system.

Destination: Jupiter

An interstellar adventure in search of an exoplanet that supports complex life. We ask the greatest minds in the world: How do we get there?

Living Universe

Be a part of the historic 2017 total solar eclipse that will occur across a large part of the United States this summer.

Eclipse Across America

Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking takes a flight of epic proportions to visit his favorite places in the Universe.

Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places

FASTER! Humanity’s Quest to Save Time, investigates the time-saving inventions we depend on and explores their impact on the world at large.

FASTER!

Explore the hottest area of bioscience, genomics with stunning live image, quality CGI, the forefront research, and real human stories.

Dynamic Genomes

An engineering revolution is underway. Driven by dedicated individuals who are building extraordinary machines that will change our lives.

Engineering the Future

In this fun (and funny!) science series, Nigel Latta subjects himself to a variety of 'don't try this at home' experiments.

Nigel Latta Blows Stuff Up

Biologist Patrick Aryee embarks on a high-octane adventure to discover how nature can help us solve humanity’s biggest challenges.

Evolve

Secrets of the Universe launches viewers on eight mind-blowing adventures to seek answers to some of the Universe’s biggest mysteries.

Secrets of the Universe

Just how much ‘science’ is in ‘forensic science’? It’s time to put crime scene investigation methods on trial.

CSI On Trial

Host Brendan Moar dives into the process of what it takes to bring down some of the biggest structures from around the world.

The Demolition Man

Engineer and adventurer Rob Bell climbs aboard some of the world’s fastest theme park rides and discovers how these rides affect our bodies

Science of Thrills

A fascinating look at how modern day structures and engineering technologies have been inspired by ancient discoveries.

Ancient Engineering (Season 2)

These are the Innovators, explorers, and incredible minds that pursue progress… at any price.

Deadly Science

This ten-episode series explores the world’s most celebrated, renowned structures and spaces in different architectural genres.

Top 10: The Art of Architecture

Be an eyewitness to cataclysmic events all across the globe with dramatic footage of natural and manmade disasters from the past 100 years.

Desperate Hours

Explore the most exciting disciplines in popular science today to see how the cutting-edge technologies work and impact the real world.

Forging the Future

The underground world is a largely unexplored universe. Find out what goes on in the subterranean world of our planet Earth.