Voyage dans l'espace temps

Épisode 1 - Is There a Creator?

9 juin 2010 - 3.9/5

It's perhaps the biggest, most controversial mystery in the cosmos. Did our Universe just come into being by random chance, or was it created by a God who nurtures and sustains all life? The latest science is showing that the four forces governing our universe are phenomenally finely tuned. So finely that it had led many to the conclusion that someone, or something, must have calibrated them; a belief further backed up by evidence that everything in our universe may emanate from one extraordinarily elegant and beautiful design known as the E8 Lie Group. While skeptics hold that these findings are neither conclusive nor evidence of a divine creator, some cutting edge physicists are already positing who this God is: an alien gamester who's created our world as the ultimate SIM game for his own amusement. It's an answer as compelling as it is disconcerting.

Épisode 2 - The Riddle of Black Holes

16 juin 2010 - 3.9/5

They are the most powerful objects in the universe. Nothing, not even light, can escape the gravitational pull of a black hole. Astronomers now believe there are billions of them out in the cosmos, swallowing up planets, even entire stars in violent feeding frenzies. New theoretical research into the twisted reality of black holes suggests that three-dimensional space could be an illusion. That reality actually takes place on a two-dimensional hologram at the edge of the universe.

Épisode 3 - Is Time Travel Possible?

23 juin 2010 - 3.8/5

Einstein's Theory of Relativity says that time travel is perfectly possible — if you're going forward. Finding a way to travel backwards requires breaking the speed of light, which so far seems impossible. But now, strange-but-true phenomena such as quantum nonlocality, where particles instantly teleport across vast distances, may give us a way to make the dream of traveling back and forth through time a reality. Step into a time machine and rewrite history, bring loved ones back to life, control our destinies. But if we succeed, what are the consequences of such freedom? Will we get trapped in a plethora of paradoxes and multiple universes that will destroy the fabric of the universe?

Épisode 4 - What Happened Before the Beginning?

30 juin 2010 - 3.9/5

Every cosmologist and astronomer agrees: our Universe is 13.7 billion years old. Using cutting-edge technology, scientists are now able to take a snapshot of the Universe a mere heartbeat after its birth. Armed with hypersensitive satellites, astronomers look back in time to the very moment of creation, when all the matter in the Universe exploded into existence. It is here that we uncover an unsolved mystery as old as time itself — if the Universe was born, where did it come from? Meet the leading scientists who have now discovered what they believe to be the origin of our Universe, and a window into the time before time.

Épisode 5 - How Did We Get Here?

5 juillet 2010 - 3.8/5

Everywhere we look, life exists in both the most hospitable of environments and in the most extreme. Yet we have only ever found life on our planet. How did the stuff of stars come together to create life as we know it? What do we really mean by 'life'? And will unlocking this mystery help us find life elsewhere?

Épisode 6 - Are We Alone?

14 juillet 2010 - 3.6/5

Aliens almost certainly do exist. So why haven't we yet met E.T.? It turns out we're only just developing instruments powerful enough to scan for them, and science sophisticated enough to know where to look. As a result, race is on to find the first intelligent aliens. But what would they look like, and how would they interact with us if we met? The answers may come to us sooner than we imagine, for one leading astronomer believes she may already have heard a hint of their first efforts to communicate.

Épisode 7 - What Are We Really Made of?

21 juillet 2010 - 3.7/5

Our understanding of the universe and the nature of reality itself has drastically changed over the last 100 years, and it's on the verge of another seismic shift. In a 17-mile-long tunnel buried 570 feet beneath the Franco-Swiss border, the world's largest and most powerful atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, is powering up. Its goal is nothing less than recreating the first instants of creation, when the universe was unimaginably hot and long-extinct forms of matter sizzled and cooled into stars, planets, and ultimately, us. These incredibly small and exotic particles hold the keys to the greatest mysteries of the universe. What we find could validate our long-held theories about how the world works and what we are made of. Or, all of our notions about the essence of what is real will fall apart.

Épisode 8 - Beyond the Darkness

28 juillet 2010 - 3.2/5

What is the universe made of? If you answered stars, planets, gas and dust, you'd be dead wrong. Thirty years ago, scientists first realized that some unknown dark substance was affecting the way galaxies moved. Today, they think there must be five times as much dark matter as regular matter out there. But they have no idea what it is — only that it's not made of atoms, or any other matter we are familiar with. And Dark Matter is not the only strange substance in the Universe — a newly discovered force, called Dark Energy, seems to be pushing the very fabric of the cosmos apart.

Épisode 1 - Is There Life After Death?

8 juin 2011 - 3.2/5

Les physiciens peuvent-ils grâce aux nouvelles technologies découvrir les secrets qui se cachent derrière d'autres dimensions?

Épisode 2 - Is There an Edge to the Universe?

15 juin 2011 - 3.4/5

Les exobiologistes créent leur propre encyclopédie d'êtres vivants extraterrestres, mais quelles créatures exotiques peuplent notre galaxie en expansion ?

Épisode 3 - Does Time Really Exist?

22 juin 2011 - 3.3/5

Certains physiciens mènent des recherches qui remettent en question l'existence de la notion de temps, caractéristique pourtant inhérente à notre univers.

Épisode 4 - Are There More Than 3 Dimensions?

29 juin 2011 - 3.3/5

Munis d'équipements scientifiques précis, les physiciens cherchent à découvrir les secrets qui se cachent derrière d'autres dimensions.

Épisode 5 - Is There a Sixth Sense?

6 juillet 2011 - 3.3/5

Pour connaître les limites de la perception humaine, des chercheurs explorent les profondeurs cachées du cerveau, en quête d'une hypothétique conscience globale.

Épisode 6 - How Does the Universe Work?

13 juillet 2011 - 3.3/5

Des chercheurs mènent l'enquête pour savoir si l'homme pourrait découvrir les secrets de l'univers s'il percevait le monde différemment.

Épisode 7 - Can We Travel Faster Than Light?

20 juillet 2011 - 3.3/5

Distorsions de l'espace, trous de ver et téléportation : quand les physiciens franchiront la vitesse de la lumière, la frontière ultime sera à notre portée.

Épisode 8 - Can We Live Forever?

27 juillet 2011 - 3.3/5

Tout dans l'univers semble aboutir à la mort et à la décomposition : les avancées scientifiques permettront-elles à l'homme de devenir immortel ?

Épisode 9 - What Do Aliens Look Like?

3 août 2011 - 2.8/5

Les exobiologistes créent leur propre encyclopédie d'êtres vivants extraterrestres, mais quelles créatures exotiques peuplent notre galaxie en expansion ?

Épisode 10 - Are There Parallel Universes?

4 septembre 2011 - 3.3/5

Existe-t-il plusieurs versions de la réalité? Les scientifiques explorent la possibilités d'univers cosmiques jumeaux, déterminants pour le destin du nôtre.

Épisode 11 - Alien Storms

- 5/5

Although we have extreme weather on earth, it is nothing in comparison to the wettest, dustiest and most brutal 'Alien Storms.' Radical weather is not uncommon in the solar system and storms on other planets are bigger, more powerful and stranger than their counter-parts on earth. This programme is an in-depth investigation into the source of such dramatic weather in the solar system and why it is so different from the weather we experience on earth. Watch how once the incredible dust storms on Mars have started, it can take months for the skies to clear and learn how Neptune's extreme winds can reach speeds of 2,500 an kilometres an hour.

Épisode 1 - Will We Survive First Contact?

6 mars 2012 - 3.3/5

Le premier contact de l'homme avec la vie extraterrestre signera la fin du monde tel que nous le connaissons et changera le futur de l'humanité.

Épisode 2 - Is There a Superior Race?

6 juin 2012 - 3.6/5

Quelles seraient les conséquences pour l'humanité de la création d'une race d'humains supérieure, hypothèse que les avancées de la science pourraient rendre possible ?

Épisode 3 - Is The Universe Alive?

13 juin 2012 - 3.3/5

Plus les scientifiques se penchent sur le cosmos, plus ils le comparent à un super-organisme, mais l'univers est-il vivant - biologiquement parlant ?

Épisode 4 - What Makes Us Who We Are?

20 juin 2012 - 3.3/5

Des scientifiques étudient le cerveau humain afin de déterminer ce qui constitue l'individualité et fait que tous les hommes sont différents.

Épisode 5 - What is Nothing?

27 juin 2012 - 3.3/5

Des scientifiques tentent de découvrir de quoi est fait le cosmos, comment il est né à partir du néant, et quand et pourquoi il pourrait disparaître.

Épisode 6 - Can We Resurrect the Dead?

11 juillet 2012 - 3.4/5

Pour ressusciter un mort, il faut avoir préservé non seulement son corps mais aussi son esprit, or aujourd'hui les scientifiques sauraient sauvegarder le contenu de nos cerveaux.

Épisode 7 - Can We Eliminate Evil?

18 juillet 2012 - 3.4/5

Des chercheurs étudient les mécanismes cachés du cerveau susceptibles d'expliquer pourquoi certains humains commettent des actes violents ou cruels.

Épisode 8 - Mysteries of the Subconscious

25 juillet 2012 - 3.2/5

Comment pouvons-nous réaliser des tâches complexes sans y réfléchir consciemment et qu'est-ce que l'instinct : Morgan Freeman répond à ces deux questions.

Épisode 9 - Will Eternity End?

1 août 2012 - 3.7/5

Si les scientifiques sont d'accord pour estimer que la Terre disparaîtra un jour, ils diffèrent sur la question de la pérennité de l'univers et du temps.

Épisode 10 - Did We Invent God?

8 août 2012 - 3.5/5

Un neuroscientifique tente de répondre à une des questions fondamentales de l'humanité : Dieu a-t-il inventé l'Homme ou l'Homme a-t-il créé Dieu ?

Épisode 1 - Is There a God Particle?

20 mars 2013 - 3.4/5

Découvrez avec Morgan Freeman comment des scientifiques ont chassé la particule pour expliquer comment la matière est née dans l'univers.

Épisode 2 - When Does Life Begin?

5 juin 2013 - 3.2/5

We can all trace our lives back to a beginning. But what defines the beginning? Is it the moment when two cells unite? Or does something have to know it is alive before its life can begin?

Épisode 3 - Can We Outlive the Sun?

12 juin 2013 - 3.2/5

La technologie permettant d'aller coloniser Mars est presque au point, mais les nouvelles techniques de propulsion permettront-elles ce voyage intersidéral ?

Épisode 4 - How Do Aliens Think?

19 juin 2013 - 3/5

Morgan Freeman se demande si la flaune et la flore terrestres permettent d'échaffauder des hypothèses quant à une éventuelle intelligence extraterrestre.

Épisode 5 - Will Sex Become Extinct?

26 juin 2013 - 3.3/5

La reproduction humaine est sur le point de vivre une révolution car la médecine va bientôt pouvoir aider deux hommes ou deux femmes à avoir des enfants.

Épisode 6 - Can Our Minds Be Hacked?

3 juillet 2013 - 2.8/5

Notre cerveau est un ordinateur biologique, gardien de nos vies, nos mémoires et nos aspirations ; pourra-t-on un jour le pirater pour réécrire nos pensées ?

Épisode 7 - Are Robots the Future of Human Evolution?

10 juillet 2013 - 3.2/5

Dans le futur, est-ce que les robots seront un jour plus intelligents que les humains ou devrons-nous choisir de faire corps avec ces machines ?

Épisode 8 - Is Reality Real?

17 juillet 2013 - 3/5

Vivons-nous dans un monde réel ou bien est-ce une création de notre esprit : le comédien Morgan Freeman tente d'expliquer ce qu'est la réalité.

Épisode 9 - Do We Have Free Will?

24 juillet 2013 - 3/5

Et si tout ce qui s'est produit ou se produira était prédéterminé, quels sont les arguments pour ou contre l'existence du libre arbitre ?

Épisode 10 - Did God Create Evolution?

31 juillet 2013 - 2.8/5

Morgan Freeman explique la théorie de la conception de l'intelligence et comment elle est étayée par les toutes dernières preuves empiriques.

Épisode 1 - Is God an Alien Concept?

5 mars 2014 - 3.6/5

Is God worshipped in other worlds, across the cosmos? How might alien deities differ from our own? The answer may lie buried on Earth. Animal behaviorists are testing elephants and finding them capable of having spiritual thoughts. Artificial intelligence researchers are building enlightened robots that contemplate the divine. Meanwhile, cosmologists are looking for universal equations that could replace God. Have advanced aliens discovered everything there is to know about the universe? Or are they looking to a higher power for answers?

Épisode 2 - Is Luck Real?

12 mars 2014 - 3.9/5

Do you make your own luck, or does luck make you? Some scientists believe luck is strictly a matter of statistics and probabilities…but others believe unseen forces are at work, and randomness is built into every particle of the universe. We’ll find luck, good and bad, in casinos, basketball courts, genetics labs and the subatomic world. How much does the genetic lottery rule your fate? Are lucky streaks and unfortunate accidents merely our own minds fooling us? It’s a scientific journey that will radically revise your understanding of the laws of nature and the workings of the human brain.

Épisode 3 - Is Poverty Genetic?

11 juin 2014 - 3.4/5

Are the wealthy just born in the right place at the right time? Are the poor victims of a system designed to keep them down? Or do physics and biology determine who is rich and who is poor? Throughout history, distribution of wealth is governed by hidden forces: DNA, environmental stress, patterns of human migration and even the laws of thermodynamics! Nature seems to demand winners and losers in life. But does this mean greed is king, and the rich can take what they want? Or is cooperation – between microorganisms, monkeys, and humans – more essential to survival of a species?

Épisode 4 - How to Collapse a Superpower

25 juin 2014 - 3.5/5

With a little imagination, could a few terrorists sabotage a mighty nation? Perhaps even tear down modern civilization? The stability of the US, Europe, China, or any global power depends on high-speed digital communication. Our increasing dependence on digital devices and global interactivity may be placing us in grave danger. Scientists around the world are dealing with new threats such as body hacking, Trojan horse viruses, and brain-damaging Internet addiction. But what if the ultimate threat isn’t an attack on technology, but the technology? Could the final superpower be the disembodied mind of the Internet itself?

Épisode 5 - Does the Ocean Think?

25 juin 2014 - 3.6/5

There could be an undiscovered species on Earth unlike anything we’ve ever known. Not in the ocean, but the ocean itself! Its body spans thousands of miles; its heart beats with a one-thousand-year pulse. It could even have an immune system capable of annihilating all other life on earth. Just as our bodies function through the interaction of water with individual cells, including bacteria and other microorganisms, the ocean’s residents might collectively form a super-organism. A recent discovery suggests the ocean is a living being capable of thought. If so, what is the ocean thinking about us?

Épisode 6 - Is a Zombie Apocalypse Possible?

2 juillet 2014 - 3.7/5

It is a nightmare that has stalked us for centuries: hordes of human beings transformed into mindless, cannibalistic monsters. Could this civilization-ending nightmare become reality? Scientists have discovered pathogens that turn insects into the walking dead. New strains of viruses are attacking humans every day. Mathematicians have calculated the likelihood of surviving a zombie virus outbreak: they’re not hopeful. Now neuroscientists are discovering how easy it is for us to lose conscious control of our bodies. Are we at risk of becoming puppets? If we were in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, would we even know it?

Épisode 7 - Is Gravity an Illusion?

9 juillet 2014 - 3.6/5

We feel it every moment of our lives but for physicists, gravity is the longest running unsolved mystery of the universe. Why do all objects that have mass pull on one another? Cutting-edge theories are proposing unexpected answers: Gravity could be another force in disguise, a thermodynamic mirage, or even, a shadow of a hidden holographic universe. If so, the force that holds us to the surface of the earth, and holds the earth in orbit around the sun, may be a trick of the mind. We feel it, but it may not be real. Is Gravity an Illusion?

Épisode 8 - Will We Become God?

16 juillet 2014 - 3.7/5

Humanity’s potential seems limitless. But could we become as powerful as God? Scientific breakthroughs grant our species seemingly divine abilities. Biologists tinkering with DNA are figuring out ways to grow new life forms, while neuroscientists try to create artificial consciousness. Statisticians around the world are using big data to predict the future and computer scientists have discovered a "God algorithm" that could solve any global problem in an instant. But to truly become God, we not only have to be all knowing, but all being. Quantum physicists are figuring out how to teleport matter at the speed of light!

Épisode 9 - Is There a Shadow Universe?

23 juillet 2014 - 3.6/5

When we look up into the sky it appears we live in a universe that is filled with light. But scientists are now certain there is far more matter in the dark portions of our universe that we can’t see or touch. There’s something hiding in the shadows. Cosmologists agree that "dark matter" has helped shape our Universe, but now they need to figure out what dark matter is. What’s going on in this hidden world? Could it have formed its own dark stars, planets, and even life forms? Could this Shadow Universe threaten our world of light?

Épisode 10 - When Did Time Begin?

4 juin 2014 - 3.6/5

We float along the river of time. But does that river have a source? Where did time come from? Some believe time and space are one thing, and the Big Bang started the cosmic clock. Others believe the universe existed for almost half a million "years" before light could move and time began. Still others say time is older than our universe. But what if time itself is an illusion? Incredible new experiments may hold the answer. One groundbreaking experiment gives us the power to punch holes in time…and another may create a machine that operates outside time’s boundaries!

Épisode 1 - Are There Aliens Inside Us?

23 avril 2015 - 3.5/5

Odds are pretty good that extraterrestrial life exists; new research shows we should look closer to home, possibly inside our bodies.

Épisode 2 - Do We Live in the Matrix?

23 avril 2015 - 3.8/5

Scientists, in various of fields, are taking seriously the possibility that this world maybe a virtual reality.

Épisode 3 - Are We All Bigots?

28 avril 2015 - 3.7/5

If you had less than one second to make a life-or-death decision to shoot a man who might be armed with a lethal weapon, what would you do? Would the ethnicity of the man affect your decision? Are you sure? The outcome – whatever your race – will surprise you. Brain imaging studies are showing that negative cultural stereotypes hijack everyone’s subconscious decision-making. But some science says we can overcome bigotry through exposure, self-awareness and flexible social networks… and, most controversially of all, ultra-violent video games!

Épisode 4 - Can Time Go Backwards?

5 mai 2015 - 3.7/5

The ticking clock could just be a trick of the mind; looking at the possibilities that science can make the clock move backwards.

Épisode 5 - Are We Here for a Reason?

12 mai 2015 - 3.8/5

The show takes a look at a new theory that says instead of passing on genes, humans have another purpose.

Épisode 6 - Why Do We Lie?

2 juin 2015 - 3.9/5

The brains of pathological liars may provide insights on whether the human brain is wired for lying; technology can either make it easier for us to be dishonest, or could it someday instantly reveal someone is lying.

Épisode 7 - No title

- 4.3/5

Épisode 1 - What Makes a Terrorist?

30 août 2016 - 3.9/5

A dissection of the causes of terrorism.

Épisode 2 - Is Privacy Dead?

6 septembre 2016 - 3.9/5

Examining a life without privacy in order to solve crimes and prevent terrorism.

Épisode 3 - Are There More Than Two Sexes?

13 septembre 2016 - 3.7/5

Science reveals the line between male and female is blurred, and the battle of the sexes happens deep within our cells.

Épisode 4 - Can We All Become Geniuses?

20 septembre 2016 - 3.7/5

Genius lies somewhere in the human mind, bringing mathematical insight, sparking artistic inspiration and enabling some to see what most cannot. Might we augment our biology with technology to unlock the genius inside us all?

Épisode 1 - Is the Force With Us?

25 avril 2017 - 3.8/5

New research is beginning to reveal a hidden force in the universe - one that penetrates space with trillions of invisible connections, instantly linking every place in our world and joining our future with our past. Is the Force with us?

Épisode 2 - Can We Cheat Death?

2 mai 2017 - 3.4/5

Scientists are peering inside the mechanisms of aging, tampering with the cellular makeup of our DNA, and imagining a world where death is cured like a disease. Are we entering a new age of immortality? Or is dying necessary for our race's survival?

Épisode 3 - Can We Hack the Planet?

9 mai 2017 - 3.4/5

Unless we can turn the planet's problems into solutions, humanity may be coming to an end. Scientists are unlocking the secrets of nature to tame the elements, harness energy, and even control life. Can we hack the planet to save humanity?

Épisode 4 - Is Gun Crime a Virus?

16 mai 2017 - 3.6/5

Every 17 minutes, someone is killed with a gun. It's a wave of violence that political debate can't seem to stop. Is this an epidemic that scientists can help cure? Could gun crime be a virus?