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Genius by Stephen Hawking

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Can We Time Travel?
Episode 144 min2016-05-18

Can We Time Travel?

Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to determine if time travel is possible. The fascinating journey of discovery features DeLoreans, atomic clocks, a giant black hole and a large swath of New York City.

Are We Alone?
Episode 244 min2016-05-18

Are We Alone?

Professor Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to work out the likelihood of alien life out there in the universe. See why the team has their minds blown in a way they were never expecting.

Why Are We Here?
Episode 344 min2016-05-25

Why Are We Here?

Stephen Hawking gives three ordinary people a truly mind-bending challenge: Can they work out why they exist at all? Hawking takes them down a rabbit hole of profound realizations, helping them think like philosophers as much as scientists.

Where Did the Universe Come From?
Episode 444 min2016-05-25

Where Did the Universe Come From?

Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to work out where the universe came from. Hawking leads the trio on an extraordinary journey of discovery featuring racing cars, ice-skaters, balloons and running tracks.

What Are We?
Episode 544 min2016-06-01

What Are We?

Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to find out what we really are. Self-assembling machines, light-up bacteria and the world's first physical demonstration of evolution in action conspire to revolutionize their view of life.

Where Are We?
Episode 644 min2016-06-01

Where Are We?

Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to think like a genius. Can they measure the earth, the solar system and even the universe - and find our true place in the cosmos?

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