What Is The Secret of Life? • 2010 • episode "5/6" • The Story of Science

43:03

New research is beginning to reveal a hidden force in the universe - one that penetrates space with trillions of invisible connections, instantly linking every place in our world and joining our future with our past. Is the Force with us?

S8E01 • Through the Wormhole • 2017 • Science

59:28

Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of how we used light to reveal the cosmos.

1/2 • Light and Dark • Science

58:10

Comedian Jimmy Carr takes over Horizon for this one-off special programme, produced as part of BBC2's sitcom season. Jimmy turns venerable documentary strand Horizon into a chat show, with eminent laughter scientists as guests and a studio audience to use as guinea pigs. Jimmy and his guests try to get to the bottom of what laughter is, why we enjoy it so much and what, if anything, it has to do with comedy. Between them, and with the help of contributions from other scientists on film, Jimmy and guests discover that laughter is much older than our species, and may well have contributed to making us human. With professors Sophie Scott, Robin Dunbar and Peter McGraw.

Horizon • 2016 • Science

59:15

Michael Mosley tells how scientists came to explain the diversity of life on earth.

3/6 • The Story of Science • 2010 • Science

59:58

New research sheds light on the functions of fat and bone. In fact, fat and bone are not static tissue but release signaling molecules to dynamically interact with the other organs and support our health. Fat was found to control our appetite and the bone to work to keep us young.

2/3 • The Body • 2018 • Science

59:20

Brian Cox tackles the question that unites Earth's seven billion people - why are we here?

2/5 • Human Universe • 2014 • Science