Humanity from Space

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the documentary “Humanity from Space”.

From the global perspective of space, this 2-hour special reveals the breath taking extent of our influence, revealing how we’ve transformed our planet and produced an interconnected world of extraordinary complexity.

The Search for the Super Battery

Today on Far Future Horizons we go Search of the Super Battery in another episode of the acclaimed PBS science series NOVA.

NOVA - The Great Math Mystery

Today on Far Future Horizons we join NOVA on a mathematical mystery tour—a provocative exploration of math's astonishing power across the centuries.

The Boldest Hoax

Group portrait of the Piltdown skull being examined. Back row (from left): F. O. Barlow, G. Elliot Smith, Charles Dawson, Arthur Smith Woodward. Front row: A S Underwood, Arthur Keith, W. P. Pycraft, and Ray Lankester. Note the portrait of Charles Darwin on the wall. Painting by John Cooke, 1915

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the PBS documentary series NOVA. This instalment of NOVA concerns the infamous Piltdown hoax.

For decades, a fossil skull discovered in Piltdown, England, was hailed as the missing link between apes and humans. Entire careers were built on its authenticity. Then in 1953, the awful truth came out: "Piltdown Man" was a fake! But who done it? In "The Boldest Hoax," NOVA gets to the bottom of the greatest scientific hoodwinking of all time.

22nd Century: World Wide Mind

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the pilot of the documentary series 22^nd Century: World Wide Mind which unfortunately never saw fruition as a full fledged series. 

Michael Chorost

Michael Chorost wrote the screenplay for this pilot documentary, which aired on PBS in January 2007. He sits on external advisory boards for neuroscience research at Northwestern and Brown.

Hunting the Elements

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode from the acclaimed PBS Science documentary series Nova.

In this instalment of Nova we join the hunt for the elements, the fundamental building blocks out of which everything in the Cosmos is comprised.

Bombing Hitler's Supergun

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode from the acclaimed PBS science documentary series NOVA which aired May 11, 2016.

In this instalment of NOVA “Bombing Hitler's Supergun” we discover how Allied forces conspired to destroy one of Hitler’s most diabolical weapons. In the spring of 1943 World War II is slowly beginning to turn in favour of the Allied forces.

Life's Rocky Start

Today on Far Future Horizons we return to the topic of Biogenesis with another exciting episode of the acclaimed PBS documentary series NOVA where we take a look at Life’s Rocky Start.

Can Alzheimer's Be Stopped?

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the acclaimed PBS documentary series NOVA.

Inside Einstein's Mind

Today on Far Future Horizons we will take a voyage deep inside Einstein’s mind and retrace the thought experiments that inspired his theory on the nature of reality and the discovery of his greatest masterpiece the theory of General Relativity.

The Invisible Universe Revealed

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the award-winning PBS science documentary series NOVA about the amazing discoveries of our invisible universe made by the Hubble Space Telescope.

The Rise of the Robots

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the award-winning PBS documentary series NOVA ~ Rise of the Robots, which aired on February 24th, 2016.

How will human-like robots change our future and how we see ourselves?

Antarctica ~ Secrets Beneath the Ice

Today on Far future Horizons we visit the vast frozen wasteland of Antarctica to glean the secrets of our planet’s climatic history and perhaps a glimpse of our future.

NOVA Power Surge

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the acclaimed PBS science series NOVA. “Power Serge” attempts to answer two fundamental questions Are we finally on the brink of a clean energy revolution? And, can emerging technology defeat global warming?

Chasing Pluto

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the latest installment of the acclaimed PBS documentary series NOVA which goes behind the scenes of the New Horizons flyby of Pluto.

On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft, one of the most advanced ever built, is scheduled to fly by Pluto to take the very first detailed images of the dwarf planet. After nine years and 3 billion miles, we will finally get a close look at this strange, icy world, but only if the craft can survive the final, treacherous leg of its journey, which could take it through a dangerous field of debris.

To the Moon

U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin salutes the U.S. flag on the surface of the Moon after he and fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first men to land on the Moon, July 20, 1969. 

For two hours in the July of 1969, the world stood spellbound as two men landed and walked on the moon. Tens of millions watched it happen, on blurry black and white television sets as the event unfolded a quarter million miles across the heavens.

For the first time in human history, all humankind was united as one as two of our number took their first fleeting steps on the Moon.

Secrets of the Lost Empire ~ Easter Island

Today on Far Future Horizons we premiering a new documentary series titled “Secrets of Lost Empires”. In the first episode we return to the enchanting and mysterious island of Rapa Nui, better known today by its modern name of Easter Island.

Hunting the Edge of Space ~ The Ever Expanding Universe

Today on Far Future Horizons we  continue to celebrate the Golden Age of Cosmic Discovery.

In the second episode of NOVA’s “Hunting the Edge of Space” we explore how the advent of the telescope forever altered humanity's view of the Cosmos and how it revolutionized human thought across science, philosophy and religion, forever expanding humankind’s intellectual and mental horizon to the very edge of the known universe.

Hunting the Edge of Space – The Mystery of the Milky Way

Today on Far Future Horizons we  celebrate the Golden Age of Cosmic Discovery with an exciting documentary from the acclaimed PBS series NOVA titled “Hunting the Edge of Space: The Mystery of the Milky Way”.

This documentary which examines how the telescope has fundamentally changed our perception of the Universe.

At The Edge of Space

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode from the PBS science documentary series NOVA.  

In this episode of NOVA we will be entering the realm where such mysterious upper atmospheric denizens known as Sprites, Elves and Blue Jets have recently been discovered.