The Clean Room

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the Seventh episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson. This installment is titled “The Clean Room” and describes how science, in particular the work of Clair Patterson (voiced in animated sequences by Richard Gere) in the middle of the 20th century, has been able to determine … Read more

Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the sixth episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey ~ ” Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still” hosted by Dr. Neil deGrasse  Tyson. In this installment of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey we join Dr. Neil deGrasse  Tyson, using the Ship of the Imagination,  on an exploration of the Cosmos on the … Read more

Hiding in the Light

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the fifth episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey ~ “Hiding in the Light” hosted by Dr. Neil deGrasse  Tyson. The exciting installment explores properties of light, cameras, the scientific method, and the composition of the universe. The episode includes a look at the contributions of the 10th century … Read more

Modern Marvels: 70's Tech

The Famous Video Game Pong Today on Far Future Horizons we take a retrospective look at the technology of the Nineteen Seventies. From pong to CB radios, to the instant camera to the Pontiac Firebird and everywhere in between it all has the mark of the technology of the seventies. The Best of Modern Marvels … Read more

Modern Marvels: 60s Tech

Today on Far Future Horizons we take a voyage back to the 1960s and recall the technological happenings that helped shape the decade. A decade that saw humankind take its first steps on another world.   Color TV, computers the size of Mac® trucks and Lava lamps we return to the heady days of the Space … Read more

Chemistry: A Volatile History Episode 2 – The Order of the Elements

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the second instalment of a three part BBC documentary series titled “Chemistry: A Volatile History” hosted by Professor Jim Al-Khalili. In the second episode of this exciting series Professor Al-Khalili looks at the 19th century chemists who struggled to impose an order on the apparently random world of … Read more

The Day the Universe Changed Episode 1 ~ The Way We Are

Today on Far Future Horizons we are presenting the first episode of an exciting series of documentaries titled “The Day the Universe Changed” hosted by BBC science historian and journalist James Burke. The first episode of the series outlines how the rational thought and incessant questioning that typified Ancient Greek culture shaped and continues to … Read more

ATOM – Illusion of Reality

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the last instalment of the acclaimed series Atom presented by Professor Jim Al-Khalili. Today we join the good professor as he explores how studying the atom forced us to rethink the nature of reality itself. He discovers that there might be parallel universes in which different versions of us … Read more

ATOM – Key to the Cosmos

Today on Far Future Horizons we once again make a foray into the microverse of the atom with the second installment of British theoretical nuclear physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili’s exciting documentary television series Atom. The discovery that everything is made from atoms has been referred to as the greatest scientific breakthrough in history. This episode … Read more