All Movies : Sci-fi

Lecture 6 of 12 of IBM Research’s Almaden Institute Conference on Cognitive Computing. This one takes place during the reception and banquet dinner. Ramachandran discusses phantom limbs and synesthesia (esp. color-blind synesthete) as a function of neuron innervation. Specifically, he focuses ...

Madalynne Schoenfeld is presently the librarian at Westchester Jewish Center in Mamaroneck, N.Y., after having retired from her position as Coordinator of Children’s Services at Yonkers Public Library, N.Y....

The world of astronomy with Patrick Moore. The start of a new solar cycle means the Sun’s activity is about to hot up....

Myths about the sun and the moon Myths about the Sun and Moon The sun and the moon are powerful beings that bring life and death to all living creatures. They control...

Two easily spottable stars made big news this week with the announcement of the first direct images of planets orbiting them; see our article. The stars are 1st-magnitude Fomalhaut and 6th-magnitude HR 8977. Take a look at them yourself! Fomalhaut is the bright star sparkling rather low in the south...

In two billion years’ time our own Milky Way will collide with another galaxy, Andromeda. This cataclysmic event will rip apart the fabric of both galaxies, destroying stars and planets and sparking a shockwave of fiery rebirth. Eventually it will create new stars, solar systems and planets. S...

Dr Chris Lintott finds out how British technology is leading the way in satellite science, while Sir Patrick Moore investigates the threat from space debris that astronauts face in space....

Sir Patrick interviews British astronaut Dr. Piers Sellers about his life, why he wanted to be an astronaut and his recent experiences aboard the International Space Station. Dr. Piers also speculates on where space exploration will be in the next twenty years! Dr. Chris Lintott reports the latest d...

Patrick Moore investigates Robonet, the robotic network of telescopes which spans the globe and links the cosmos directly to a laptop. In their world of permanent darkness these telescopes can react immediately to ’bangs in the night’ - the exotic cosmic phenomena such as gamma ray burst...

Patrick Moore discovers how the European Exomars Mission will attempt to look for evidence of Martian life. Many of the instruments which will be used on the project are being designed by UK scientists. Meanwhile, Chris Lintott checks out the roving vehicle that will climb Mars’ mountains...