Through the Wormhole - Season 4

Through the Wormhole - Season 4

Season 4

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Episodes10
DatesMar 20, 2013 - Jul 31, 2013
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Episodes

Is There a God Particle?
Season 4Episode 160 min

Is There a God Particle?

Scientists explore the effects of the Higgs Boson discovery, which validates the Standard Model in particle physics and solidifies the understanding of subatomic particles; highlights include an in-depth discussion of the Higgs field and mass.

Mar 20, 2013
When Does Life Begin?
Season 4Episode 260 min

When Does Life Begin?

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?

Jun 5, 2013
Can We Survive the Death of the Sun?
Season 4Episode 360 min

Can We Survive the Death of the Sun?

We are all at the mercy of the Sun. Its glowing disc sustains nearly all life on Earth. But the Sun also holds a dark secret: someday, our aging, expanding star will bathe the Earth in a fiery holocaust. Everything we know will turn to hot, bubbling, plasma.

Jun 12, 2013
How Do Aliens Think?
Season 4Episode 460 min

How Do Aliens Think?

If the stuff of life is spread throughout the cosmos, then the universe could be teeming with aliens. Will alien brains think in ways we understand?

Jun 19, 2013
Will Sex Become Extinct?
Season 4Episode 560 min

Will Sex Become Extinct?

Every single person who has ever lived was created from the genes of one man and one woman. But human sexual reproduction, unchanged for millions of years, is about to undergo radical change.

Jun 26, 2013
Can Our Minds Be Hacked?
Season 4Episode 660 min

Can Our Minds Be Hacked?

Our minds store our entire lives, our memories and our deepest desires. Tell no one, and our thoughts remain our own. But our brains are biological computers. Computer hackers can tamper with our email. Could brain hackers someday be able to rewrite our thoughts?

Jul 3, 2013
Are Robots the Future of Human Evolution?
Season 4Episode 760 min

Are Robots the Future of Human Evolution?

We are in the midst of a revolution so insidious we can't even see it. From our telephones to our vacuum cleaners to our cars, we have robots that live and work beside us. And now we're designing them to think for themselves, giving them the power to learn to move on their own.

Jul 10, 2013
Is Reality Real?
Season 4Episode 860 min

Is Reality Real?

Do we live in the "real world," or is it all in our mind? Our basic assumptions about life and the universe may be false. Is nothing certain? Or is reality real?

Jul 17, 2013
Do We Have Free Will?
Season 4Episode 960 min

Do We Have Free Will?

We like to think we are the masters of our fates. But is that really true? What if everything that has happened or will happen in the universe has already been set, from the Big Bang to the Last Gasp, and we are unable to change our inevitable destinies?

Jul 24, 2013
Did God Create Evolution?
Season 4Episode 1060 min

Did God Create Evolution?

What or who created all of the billions of species that have lived on Earth? Is all life the product of evolution as Charles Darwin proposed or was it the guiding hand of a higher power?

Jul 31, 2013

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