science

Genetics and biotechnology promise a future of unprecedented health and longevity. Ultimately, the ageing process itself could be slowed down or even halted. But what impact will this have on who we are and how we will live? (57 min)

Professor Marcus du Sautoy goes in search of answers to one of science’s greatest mysteries - How do we know who we are? (58 min)

Someday, in the distant future, humans may be forced to leave Earth and find a new home elsewhere in the galaxy. National Geographic meet the scientists who are making journeys to distant stars a reality. (48 min)

BBC narrator, Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores how Chaos Theory has slowly changed the paradigm in science and may answer the question that mankind has asked for millennia? This one is most excellent. (59 min, 6 segments)

This excellent BBC documentary, presented by the lucid Professor Armand Leroi, tells the story of the theory of evolution since Darwin postulated it in 1859 in ‘On the Origin of Species’. (88 min)

This episode is all about primates and how the modern human gained the upper hand in nature’s game of survival. (45 min)

In a series of ground breaking experiments BBC Horizon investigates the truth behind the most controversial diet in history. Does the Atkins diet really work and is it dangerous? (48 min)

Long shrouded in secrecy, the life of Nikola Tesla is illuminated in this film. His achievements are so profound that he was seen as a threat to the world’s economy and many of his inventions are still classified by the U.S. (45 min in 5 segments)