The Science Of Doctor Who

How real is the 'science' in Star Trek?

So many chores, so little time! If Sid doesn't fill his chore chart with stickers, he'll never get that new Turbo-Mega-Rocket Ship toy. What's so important about a chart anyway? Sid soon learns that charts are great science tools for comparing and contrasting things like snacks, pets and even chores! When playing with a rolie polie bug, Sid discovers another amazing science tool - the magnifying glass! Now, Sid can see a whole new world through his magnifying glass and finds that bigger is better! Sid learns all about science tools like rulers and magnifying glasses and how they help us. In fact Sid even finds out how to measure a giant blue whale!

The mesmerizing, utterly unclassifiable science films of Jean Painlevé (1902-89) have to be seen to be believed: delightful, surrealist-influenced dream works that are also serious science. The French filmmaker-scientist-inventor had a decades-spanning career in which he created hundreds of short films on subjects ranging from astronomy to pigeons to, most famously, such marine-life marvels as the sea horse and the sea urchin.

G. Edward Griffin addresses the following topics: opposing views of cancer, pancreatic enzymes and food factors in the control of cancer, the pharmaceutical cartel, Laetrile, and much more.

With the introduction of forensic science, the battle between the police and the perpetrators of crimes has become ever more tactical. Each side has developed more sophisticated ways of committing, and solving, crimes...

A close examination of the effect of toxic stress on children living in war zones.

There are few issues as hotly contested — and as poorly understood — as the question of what makes a person gay or straight. It's not only a political, social, and religious question but also a scientific question, one that might someday have an actual, provable answer. The handful of scientists who work in this under-funded and politically charged field will tell you: That answer is a long way off. But as Lesley Stahl reports, their efforts are already yielding tantalizing clues. One focus of their research is twins.

In Deep Down & Dirty: The Science of Soil, Chris Beardshaw explores where soil comes from, what it's made of and what makes it so essential to life.

Melodies ring out at every important human activity – from romancing mates to soothing babies, from worshipping to mourning, celebrating to protesting. What triggers this response in humans? Are we hardwired for music? What power does music have over our bodies and our brains? Scientists have only recently begun to seriously examine how and why music has such a profound impact on us.

FANTASTIC VOYAGE charts a course of discovery through the history of science fiction, from its origins in the changing world of the Industrial Revolution through the explosion of genre magazines like Amazing Stories and onto the silver screen. See how the stories have evolved and matured over the years, and see sci-fi filmmaking unfold through clips from classics like A Trip to the Moon, King Kong, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Author Greg Bear, directors Robert Wise (Star Trek) and Roger Corman (The Pit and the Pendulum, Little Shop of Horrors) and Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, are among the many insiders interviewed for this fascinating survey of a genre that continues to inspire, challenge and entertain us.

The deep sea – the biggest single habitat on Earth, marked by eternal darkness, icy temperatures and immense pressure. This gripping 50-minute film follows the biologists Christian Lott and Nicole Dubilier into the inhospitable depths of the ocean in pursuit of new species and groundbreaking discoveries. What they find is truly revolutionary: a mussel capable of using hydrogen to feed itself – something previously thought impossible. It opens up new possibilities for life, not just on Earth, but even in space where hydrogen is a common element. It’s a discovery that challenges the way we think about the very building blocks of life.

Is it possible to levitate? YouTube Originals and BBC Studios present "the Edge of Science" – a scientific dive into areas beyond our understanding. Along with the host, science enthusiast Rick Edwards, you will get to know the YouTube science community, which can help him fulfill his lifelong dream of levitating. A girl physicist (Diane Cavern) and inventor Colin furze join Rick to try to get him off the ground solely with the help of physics. Will they be able to do it?

"Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement" questions commonly held beliefs about disability and normalcy by exploring technologies that promise to change our bodies and mind forever. Told primarily through the perspectives of five people with disabilities, a scientist, journalist, community organizer, bionics engineer and exoskeleton test pilot, FIXED takes a close look at the implications of emerging human enhancement technologies for the future of humanity.

Railing a corner at speed, it's the ultimate exhilaration on a bike! In this action packed adventure pro crit racer and high speed fanatic, Alec Briggs takes a deep dive into the fast art of cornering in a bid to discover just how important this skill is to cycling. Alec leads a masterclass showing you the powers to corner fast and safely, we follow him into real life race scenarios; on road, fixed gear and MTB putting his skills to the test. We push the science of cornering to breaking point with GCN tech whizz, Ollie Bridgewood who runs a series of high speed experiments and we hear from world tour superstars; Vincenzo Nibali and Matej Mahoric on cornering to success in the world tour. Finally Alec pushes his cornering craft to the absolute limit by taking on one of the UK’s most technical descents - the aim, to establish a new fastest time.

Jordy wants to use his precious robots for scientific pursuits, while his employers have other plans for them.

David Politzer, Nobel Laureate in physics, Joseph Curtin, award-winning violinmaker/acoustician, Diana Deutchs, psychologist, and neuroscientist Jennifer Groh give their different, yet reinforcing, perspectives on the science of sound and music.

Live in Budapest. Official TV Broadcast. Recorded March 31, 1998.

Science of the Soul explores the cutting-edge of consciousness related science to determine whether we are about to experience a new step in human evolution or the death of the human soul.