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- A scientist creates Proteus--an organic super computer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.
- Ted Danson plays a computer genius who gets involved in the theft of an important N.A.S.A. computer, then thrust into the world of espionage with Sir Christopher Lee.
- A travel by the wonders of the universe as brief as unforgettable.
- Professor Hans Rosling shares his excitement with statistics, and shows how researchers are handling the modern data deluge.
- Leading scientists and researchers weigh in on the scenarios that might unfold if aliens find us and decide to visit Earth. Should we even be searching for extraterrestrial life? What are the risks of reaching out, and what are the risks if the Earth is "found" by aliens?.
- Filmed in La Paz, Mexico, by the Academy Award winning team of Manuel Arango and Robert Amram, the film shows the eclipse in its entirety including the countdown to Totality, the Diamond Rings, Baily's Beads, and all the other wonders of "the greatest light show on earth." There is a short sequence on the history of eclipse chasing, but more than anything this is a human adventure story about the rich assortment of people who came from all over the world to experience the third largest total eclipse of the century.
- Computer animation and footage from NASA space missions explain how our solar system evolved and the place Earth has within the system.
- Gravity plays a crucial role in both the birth and death of stars in this detailed review. Various types of stellar collisions are simulated.
- How the various structural types of galaxies form by merging with smaller galaxies is explained and simulated. The preliminary hints at the importance of dark matter in the process are mentioned.
- Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, consists of more than stars and planets. The wide variety of other celestial objects that call the Milk Way home are described. And the Milky Way is not alone but has some nearby companions.
- Scientists hunt for dark matter in the strangest of places. They know where it is, what it does and can sort of see it if they look in the right way. They just can't quite figure out what it is or how to get their hands on it even though it's everywhere. But it is well understood compared to dark energy which is an even bigger mystery.
- Scientists discuss 10 different ways of destroying the Earth; including Venus to Earth impact, the Big Burn, Stop the Spin, Black Holes, Turn off the Gravity, Anti-Matter Annihilation, Parallel Worlds Collide.
- Scientist speculate on future space weaponry and battle tactics.
- They are the one-stop-shopping places for learning all about the nature and variety of stars in the Universe. They're unique, because in clusters, all the stars were born at about the same time.
- They sort of sound like the same phenomenon, but Pulsars and Quasars are very different. Pulsars are tiny--only a few miles across--but they spin as fast as a kitchen blender.
- Stars are not eternal; they are dying in unimaginably large explosions called supernovas. Second only to the Big Bang, these explosions are where creation and destruction meet. Only now have we begun to understand how these wonders in our sky work.
- 2010– 44mTV-PG7.9 (101)TV EpisodeOn Earth, violent and destructive storms create new opportunities for life. In our quest to discover if we are alone in the universe, we shouldn't just look for worlds, we should look for weather. Find chaotic weather and maybe we will find alien life.