Ancient Inventions - City Life

Today on Far Future Horizons  we present a BBC documentary mini series released in 1998 and hosted by ex-Monty Python member Terry Jones entitled Ancient Inventions.

Ancient Inventions looked at the great inventions of the ancient world that shaped that helped shape today’s world.  The series is divided into three episodes, namely City Life, Sex and Love, and War and Conflicts.

In this first instalment of Ancient inventions we look at the innovations and inventions that made living in a modern metropolis possible. Terry Jones explores such important topics as water transport, concrete, and city grids,  the major and fundamental infrastructure of a city, ancient or modern, which could provide for its subsequent growth. 

Origins – The Earth is Born

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the highly acclaimed PBS documentary series "Origins" hosted and presented by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Origins is a spectacular four-part miniseries, first presented on PBS’s Nova, about the beginnings of the universe, our solar system, life on Earth, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life on other planets.

Dr. deGrasse Tyson hosted the four-part miniseries of PBS's Nova, which made its debut in the autumn of 2004, and co-authored with Donald Goldsmith the companion volume for this series, "Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution". He again collaborated with Dr. Goldsmith as the narrator on the documentary 400 Years of the Telescope which premiered on PBS in April 2009.

In the first episode of the series, The Earth is Born, we are given a spectacular glimpse at the tumultuous first billion years of Earth's history which was a time of continuous asteroidal and volcanic calamity.

Engineering an Empire – Greece

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the third episode of the acclaimed documentary series Engineering an Empire that highlights the engineering and architectural achievements of some of history’s greatest civilizations and the empires they created.

The third instalment of this series highlights the amazing engineering accomplishments of the Ancient Greeks.

Can We Travel Faster Than Light?

Light speed is called the ultimate speed limit of the universe and humanity will always remain confined to the solar system because of it, leaving other star systems and other galaxies forever beyond our reach. Unless, that is we can break the light barrier or circumvent the laws of relativistic physics and find short cuts in the fabric of space-time in the form of White Holes and Wormholes. These are the cosmic gateways that theoretically can zip you across vast distances in the twinkle of an eye or take you on voyages to parallel universes and on journeys across vast eons of time.

The Universe - Light Speed

Today on Far Future Horizons we look at the ultimate speed limit of the cosmos – Light Speed. But, is it really the ultimate speed limit or can we one day break the light barrier?

The Fabric of the Cosmos Episode 1

Today on Far Future Horizons it gives us great pleasure to present the first episode, of Dr. Brian Greene’s acclaimed documentary series The Fabric of the Cosmos.

The Fabric of the Cosmos, is a four-hour NOVA series based on the book by renowned physicist and author Brian Greene, which takes us to the frontiers of physics to see how scientists are piecing together the most complete picture yet of space, time, and the universe. With each step, audiences will discover that just beneath the surface of our everyday experience lies a world we’d hardly recognize—a startling world far stranger and more wondrous than anyone expected.

Brian Greene is going to let you in on a secret: We've all been deceived. Our perceptions of time and space have led us astray. Much of what we thought we knew about our universe—that the past has already happened and the future is yet to be, that space is just an empty void, that our universe is the only universe that exists—just might be wrong.

Interweaving provocative theories, experiments, and stories with crystal-clear explanations and imaginative metaphors like those that defined the groundbreaking and highly acclaimed series "The Elegant Universe," "The Fabric of the Cosmos" aims to be the most compelling, visual, and comprehensive picture of modern physics ever seen on television.

Engineering an Empire - Egypt

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the second episode of the acclaimed documentary series Engineering an Empire that highlights the engineering and architectural achievements of some of history’s greatest civilizations and the empires they created.

Twenty-five hundred years before the reign of Julius Caesar, the ancient Egyptians were deftly harnessing the power of engineering on an unprecedented scale.

Stone Age Apocalypse

Human evolution is believed to have begun some six million years ago. Yet, despite the passage of so much time, the diversity of the DNA genetic code of all humans is minute.

Some Seventy-five thousand years ago, something apocalyptic occurred that left relative few humans alive to carry on the species.

The cause of this bottleneck is now believed to have been a massive volcanic eruption on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

A super-eruption from the site of Lake Toba in Sumatra blasted out more than two hundred cubic miles of ash over an area of over a million square miles.

Today on Far Future Horizons we present two documentary features concerning this prehistoric mega disaster: Naked Science - Stone Age Apocalypse and PBS NOVA’s Mystery of the Megavolcano.

Engineering an Empire - Rome

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the first episode of the acclaimed documentary series Engineering an Empire that highlights the engineering and architectural achievements of some of history’s greatest civilizations and the empires they created.

This first instalment of this series chronicles Rome’s spectacular architectural accomplishments from the rise of Julius Caesar in 55 BC to the Empire’s eventual collapse in c. 537 AD.

Our Voyage to the Stars ~ The Ultimate Human Diaspora

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode from the acclaimed documentary series: How the Universe Works ~ Our Voyage to the Stars.

This installment of How the Universe Works discusses the ultimate human diaspora.

Stephen Hawking: Into the Universe – The Story of Everything

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the third and final episode of Stephen Hawking’s “Into the Universe”. In this installment we delve into the mind of the world’s most famous living scientist and reveal the splendor and majesty of the universe as never seen before. We will take an odyssey across eons of time and see how the universe began, how it creates stars, black holes and life and voyage to the end of time itself and witness the closing stages of cosmic history.

Stephen Hawking Into the Universe – Time Travel

Today on Far Future Horizons we are proud to present the second episode of Stephen Hawking’s epic cosmology series “Into the Universe” In today’s installment we join Professor Hawking on a foray through the fourth dimension and explore the possibility of time travel.

Into The Universe with Stephen Hawking - Aliens

Today on Far Future Horizons we are proud to present Stephen Hawking’s  "Into the Universe".

Into The Universe with Stephen Hawking is an epic new kind of cosmology series, a "Planet Earth" of the heavens. It takes the world's most famous scientific mind and sets it free, powered by the limitless possibilities of computer animation. Hawking gives us the ultimate guide to the universe, a ripping yarn based on real science, spanning the whole of space and time -- from the nature of the universe itself, to the chances of alien life, and the real possibility of time travel.

ATOM - Illusion of Reality

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the last instalment of the acclaimed series Atom presented by Professor Jim Al-Khalili. Today we join the good professor as he explores how studying the atom forced us to rethink the nature of reality itself. He discovers that there might be parallel universes in which different versions of us exist, finds out that empty space isn't empty at all, and investigates the differences in our perception of the world in the universe and the its underlying reality.

ATOM - Key to the Cosmos

Today on Far Future Horizons we once again make a foray into the microverse of the atom with the second installment of British theoretical nuclear physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili’s exciting documentary television series Atom. The discovery that everything is made from atoms has been referred to as the greatest scientific breakthrough in history.

ATOM -Clash of the Titans

Today on Far Future Horizons we explore the microverse of the atom with British theoretical nuclear physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili. The discovery that everything is made from atoms has been referred to as the greatest scientific breakthrough in history.

As scientists delved deep into the atom, they unravelled nature's most shocking secrets and abandoned traditional beliefs, leading to a whole new science which still underpins modern physics, chemistry and biology, and maybe even life itself. Nuclear physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of this discovery and the brilliant minds behind the breakthrough.

Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey ~ A Look Behind the Future

Today on Far Future Horizons we present Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey ~ A Look Behind The Future a documentary produced in 1968 which gives us a behind the scenes look at the making of this great film classic.

Major Matt Mason and the Martian Attack

In every age there is a great and fearless hero. For my aging generation of space cadets of the baby boomer era he was the quintessential hero of the space age. The astronaut who led the charge forward as humanity blazed a trial forward in its conquest of space. Where have you gone Major Matt Mason? The world cries out to you in its hour of greatest peril.

Where Have You Gone, Major Matt Mason?

If your were a child in the late 1960s during the great heyday of the Space Race, chances are you spent most of your time playing with Space toys. Lots of space related toys started popping up all over the place in the late 60s. And, leading the pack and my all time favourite was Major Matt Mason an action figure created by Mattel. He was the quintessential hero of the space age, an astronaut who lived and worked on the moon.

I have been a fan of both the Major Matt Mason toy line and of the space program for the past forty odd years. It was a major surprise to find so many web sites and discussion groups devoted to Major Matt Mason when I performed my initial searches on Yahoo and Google.


The Major has reportedly accompanied several US Space Shuttle flights as an "unofficial crewman", and it has been confirmed that the figure did fly on John Glenn's Shuttle flight in 1998.

Cynthia Breazeal’s Personal Robots

Today on Far Future Horizons we explore developments in personal robotics. Cynthia Breazeal’s eminently charming and huggable creatures appear to have stepped out of Santa’s North Pole workshop.

End Day

Today on Far Future Horizons we present End Day.


How will our world end and just which existential threats facing humanity are the most plausible? End Day is an exciting docu-drama produced by the BBC that depicts various doomsday scenarios and will hold you on the edge of your seat throughout its entire fifty-five minutes of suspense.

The documentary follows the fictional scientist Dr. Howell, played by Glenn Conroy, as he travels from his London hotel room to his laboratory in New York City, and shows how each scenario affects his journey as well as those around him, with various experts providing commentary on that specific disaster as it unfolds.

The Universe - Mercury and Venus

Today on Far Future Horizons we set forth on an odyssey that will take us towards the heart of the solar system and visit the inferno worlds of Mercury and Venus.

Mercury as photographed by the Mariner 10 Space Probe

Scorched by their proximity to the sun, Mercury and Venus are hostile worlds; one gouged with craters from cosmic collisions and the other a vortex of sulphur, carbon dioxide and acid rain.

Venus as photographed by the Mariner 10 Space Probe

Prime examples of planets gone awry, do they serve as a warning for ominous scenarios that might someday threaten Earth?

The Universe - Mars The New Evidence

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another  episode of the of the History Channel‘s highly acclaimed documentary series The Universe with a new look at the evidence for life on the planet Mars.

Electron micrograph of martian meteorite ALH84001 showing structures that some scientists think could be fossilized bacteria-like life forms.

The Universe: Mars the Red Planet

Today on Far Future Horizons we present an episode of the highly acclaimed documentary series “The Universe” .

The focus of today's instalment is the fourth planet in distance from the Sun, the Red Planet - Mars.