Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American Superheroines

Dedicate to all the Superwomen, past and present, the World Over who influenced and shaped my life.

Today on Far Future Horizons we are proud to present as our feature documentary Wonder Women - The Untold Story of American Superheroines.

This feature documentary explores the concept of heroic women from the birth of the superhero in the 1940s to the TV and big screen action blockbusters of today.

Heroic role models are important in childhood development, yet there is a dearth of these for young girls. Wonder Woman provides a rare example of a female heroine who doesn't require rescue, determines her own missions, and possesses uniquely feminine values.

Turn me into a Superhuman

The Activelink Power Loader is a powerful robotic exoskeleton suit that gives its operator superhuman strength. ~ Copyright 2011 National Geographic Channel.

Who wants to be a superhero? Superhuman capabilities like running faster than a speeding bullet or being more powerful than a locomotive could be available at the push of a button. 

Carl Sagan’s Cosmos ~ Blues for a Red Planet

Carl Sagan with a mock up of the Viking Mars Lander

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the fifth episode of Carl Sagan’s highly acclaimed PBS documentary series – Cosmos: Blues for a Red Planet.

Percival Lowell

Is there life on Mars? Dr. Sagan takes viewers on a tour of the red planet first through the eyes of science fiction authors, and then through the unblinking eyes of two Viking spacecrafts that sent thousands of pictures of the stunning Martian landscape back to Earth in 1976. 

Though based on older Mars missions, Sagan’s analysis still holds true.

Man vs. The Universe ~ Mining the Moon

Today on Far Future Horizons we proudly present a new three-part series that will shed light on humanity's ever-expanding place in the universe – Man vs. The Universe.

The Science Channel's new special "Man vs. the Universe"  covers everything from a private race to the moon to how scientists are trying to protect the planet from the threat of dangerous asteroids. The miniseries  explores the new era of commercial and national space exploration..

The first installment of this brand new series looks at efforts underway to develop the technologies that will allow humanity to mine the Moon.

The Hunt for the Higgs Boson

Today on Far Future Horizons we join Professor Jim Al-Khalil and Horizon  to go behind the scenes at CERN to follow one of the most epic and expensive scientific quests of all time: the search for the Higgs particle, believed to give mass to everything in our universe.

The Science of Superheroes

In every age and across many cultures humanity has always been intrigued by legends and tales of people graced with superhuman strength and who were hybrids of Gods and mere men. With the advent of the industrial age, we saw the argumentation of human strength and speed by merging man with machine.

In the nineteenth century, the dawning of Darwinism and the emergence of Nietzschean philosophy led to the notion that selective breeding will allow humanity to direct the course of its own evolution towards the improvement of the species. The creation of the Übermensch came into vogue.

The word Übermensch is a German word, which when translated into English means Beyond-Man or the Overman. The next step in our cultural and biological evolution in becoming trans or post-human. However, for many of us the word Übermensch has come to mean Superman.

Will twenty-first century science and technology make possible the creation of a new breed of humans? Humans gifted with extraordinary intelligence, strength and agility.  Or even make possible the advent, of that mainstay of many a childhood (and dare I say it) perhaps even adult fantasy – the costumed superhero? 

Today we take a closer look at the science behind our favourite comic book heroes and see just what it takes to become a real life Man of Steel and Cape Crusader.

DaVinci ~ The Lost Treasure

Today on Far Future Horizons we present DaVinci - The Lost Treasure, a BBC/National Geographic Channel documentary concerning the quintessential Renaissance man Leonardo daVinci.