Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman
Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman
Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman
Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman
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When getting water at a segregated fountain, young Morgan begins to reflect on the subject of race. Is one really superior?
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Is There a Superior Race?
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Researcher Josh Correll explains what led him to focus on rascism, and ithe importance of understanding it.
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The Puzzle of Racism
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An experiement shows when one person in a group starts to “take” instead of “give,” gradually most of the group will resort to taking for themselves as well. Are we influenced by our surroundings?
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Sharing Experiment
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Stereotypes affect everyones behavior; Josh Correll illustrates how little snippets of information can lead us to our behavior.
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Stereotypes
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No matter how arbitrarily a group is formed, we automatically find ourselves aligned with that group, putting it's needs before our own.
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Overriding Our Better Judgement
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Researchers have found that the feeling of joy at our rival's failure is something that our brains learn to crave.
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Brain Workings of Competition
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Morgan reflects on his youth, facing a stereotype and standing up to a bully.
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Can We Eliminate Evil?
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Do we need a time machine to time travel, or could a wormhole do the job?
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Building a Wormhole
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Can We Build a Time Machine?
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Professor Paul Davies uses a chocolate factory production line to illustrate how the future limits what can be in the present.
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Imagine Our Universe As A Chocolate Factory
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Some theorize we each have an individual slice of the present and our brains trick us into believing it is the same for all. Does our brain trick us into only seeing time in one direction, and could we change that view?
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Is There a Universal "Now?"
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Closed time like curves, exotic arrangements of matter overlapping back upon themselves, suggest it might be possible to go back in time. Professor Todd Brun studies this theory, but believes we cannot change events.
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Could We Go Back In Time?
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Experiments with subatomic particles show the future position of the particle limits where it can be in the present. Professor Paul Davies thinks may also be happening at the level of our everyday reality.
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Could the Future Affect What’s Happening Now?
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Morgan wishes his grandmother was still alive, which leads him to ponder the concept of time.
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Is Time Travel Possible?
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As young Morgan plays in the woods in summer, he wonders if time really exists
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Does Time Really Exist?
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Richard Lenski, who is conducting the world’s longest evolutionary experiment has tended colonies of e-coli over 27 years. After years, one strain mutates. Why did that group evolve?
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Evolution is Like Poker
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Because our eyes are only wired to see in two dimenions, it's our brain that creates the rest of the "3D" picture for us. If we actually saw the truth of the world around us, would our brains be able to handle it?
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Can Our Minds Be Hacked?
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An all-new season of Through the Wormhole is back April 29 at 10p, with a new look and questions that are more provocative than ever.
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Since the 1960s, NASA has been keeping an eye on man-made objects in space. Here, engineers are replicating the devastating impact of space debris. 'Alien Encounters' airs Tuesdays at 10/9c.
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Author Nick Sagan hasn't seen his godfather, Frank Drake, in over 30 years. We capture their reunion - and find out how Drake became friends with Nick's famous father, Carl Sagan, in this exclusive clip.
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Frank Drake and Nick Sagan Meet Again
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Since launching in 2009, the Kepler program has detected hundreds of previously unknown planets. How many of them are Earth-like, and what does that mean for the probability of intelligent life beyond our solar system?
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Alien Encounters
Do Billions of Planets Mean More Earths?
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What would receiving a message from an alien civilization tell us about human evolution, and about surviving the most serious problems facing our planet?
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Alien Encounters
Humanity's Evolutionary Outcome
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If the chirality of aliens is different than ours, it couldn't interact with us, and therefore would be non threatening.
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Alien Encounters
Sinistral Intentions
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An alien spacecraft might not rely solely on sunlight to power its trajectory. Find out what other energy technology aliens could use to travel through the universe.
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Alien Encounters
Space-Powered Alien Ship
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Will ETs look like us? Will they resemble giant insects? Scientists debate how various environments could have created life forms beyond our wildest imagination.
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Alien Encounters
Will Aliens Have Bodies?
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It's possible that life on earth began off-planet and spread here.
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Panspermia
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It's likely that an advanced civilization would combine the advantages of a machine with the advantages of biological systems.
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Alien Encounters
The Hybrid
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Deep sea diving is more dangerous than the movies make it seem. Find out how professional divers are trained to handle any situation.
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How Do They Do It?
Training Deep Sea Divers
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Have you ever wondered how sushi is caught? From the sea to your restaurant table, catching sushi has become not only a delicacy but a difficult job.
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How Do They Do It?
Sushi from Sea to Table
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