A summary podcast of a fantastic Horizon documentary which aired earlier this week, looking at resolving the standard model theory for the big bang via an experiment in November 2007.

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 2,349 views

A fantastic Horizon (one of my favourites) that looks into the research on Dark Matter (with a twist of comedy to it!)...We know what 4% of the Universe is made of. But what about the rest? There was... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 12 months ago • 8,808 views

Part Two http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_bXMiQmkVw

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 2,959 views

As Albert Einstein lay on his deathbed, he asked only for his glasses, his writing implements and his latest equations. He knew he was dying, yet he continued his work. In those final hours of his life,... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 2,912 views

This is the amazing story behind a fossil dubbed Archaeoraptor. The theory that birds evolved from dinosaurs seemed to be proved by this single fossil. Then, the mysterious circumstances behind this fossils... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 4,242 views

A fantastic drama documentary on five apocalyptic disasters in the style of Groundhog Day by the BBCs Horizon. It focuses on an American scientist traveling to New York from London - his day starts the... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 9 months ago • 7,018 views • 56:03

BBC Horizon show on sonofusion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_fusion and the controversy surrounding (recently exonerated from scientific misconduct/fraud) Rusi Taleyarkhan and his detractors, namely... continue reading

posted by gluonium 1 decade 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 2,425 views • 48:55

For years scientists have been trying to find the mysterious evolutionary master key responsible for transforming the dinosaurs into world-beaters. In the early Jurassic, 200 million years ago, they were... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,787 views

In June 2000, astronomers made an extraordinary discovery. One that promises to solve one of the biggest problems in cosmology - how and why galaxies are created. Incredibly, the answer involves the most... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 3,722 views

Can you think of 100 different uses for a sock? How would you cope with glasses that turn everything upside down? What's your emotional intelligence? Can you create a work of art in ten minutes? Horizon... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 7 months ago • 4,360 views

A Channel 4 documentary about the history of computer and video games. It features an interview with Sir Clive Sinclair, showing off a white ZX Spectrum computer. There's also an interview with Matthew... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 4,300 views • 48:37

A fascinating three part documentary on the history of house music, from its early days as NY disco to the massive european (and international) scene it has become, via the major people and clubs who pushed... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 26,781 views

A fantastic Horizon documentary which aired a couple weeks ago, looking at resolving the standard model theory for the big bang via an experiment in November 2007. From Wikipedia: Large Hadron Collider... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 10,159 views • 48:54