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Einstein enraged the physics community with his theory of general relativity.

Soon, we will be able to build computers with artificial intelligence and processing power that rivals the human brain. Intelligence will be everywhere, embedded in our clothing, our vehicles and homes. Intelligent robots will serve us - until they don't feel like doing so anymore. And what happens then...? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1277322/plotsummary

Science writer Rita Carter tells the story of how modern neuroscience has revealed that reading, something most of us take for granted, unlocks remarkable powers. Carter explains how the classic novel Wuthering Heights allows us to step inside other minds and understand the world from different points of view, and she wonders whether the new digital revolution could threaten the values of classic reading.

"I saw a small iridescent sphere of almost unbearable brightness..."
Jorge Luis Borges (from The Aleph)

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Discovery Channel documentary show about curious questions in science, technology, society etc. In each episode different question is being answered or is tried to be answered, featuring different celebrity host.

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Mathematics of Music and Buildings with Marcus du Sautoy This is from BBC's The Code -series...

Mathematics of the Platonic solids with Marcus du Sautoy This is from BBC's The Code -series...

In September 2011, an international group of scientists has made an astonishing claim -- they have detected particles that seemed to travel faster than the speed of light. In this film, Professor Marcus du Sautoy explores one of the most dramatic scientific announcements for a generation. In clear, simple language he tells the story of the science we thought we knew, how it is being challenged, and why it matters.

Coming soon to "Cosmic Journeys." What are they learning about our own planet's beginnings, by going back in time, to the mysterious "Birth of the Moon."

Broadcast (2012) Adam Rutherford meets a new creature created by American scientists, the spider-goat. It is part goat, part spider, and its milk can be used to create artificial spider's web. It is part of a new field of research, synthetic biology, with a radical aim: to break down nature into spare parts so that we can rebuild it however we please. This technology is already being used to make bio-diesel to power cars. Other researchers are looking at how we might, one day, control human emotions by sending 'biological machines' into our brains.

"I know that I am mortal by nature and ephemeral..."
Ptolemy (from Almagest)

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Black holes are one of the most destructive forces in the universe, capable of tearing a planet apart and swallowing an entire star. 

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The fractal art of Jackson Pollock, Benoit Mandelbrot and Loren Carpenter (Pixar) with Marcus du Sautoy This is from BBC's The Code -series...

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With the help of a hammer-wielding scientist, Jennifer Aniston and a general anaesthetic, Professor Marcus du Sautoy goes in search of answers to one of science's greatest mysteries: how do we know who we are? While the thoughts that make us feel as though we know ourselves are easy to experience, they are notoriously difficult to explain. So, in order to find out where they come from, Marcus subjects himself to a series of probing experiments.

Nobel Laureate John Mather and Nat Geo Explorer-in-Residence Robert Ballard discuss how technology expands the limits of the known universe.