The BEST episodes of Through the Wormhole season 4
Every episode of Through the Wormhole season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Through the Wormhole season 4!
Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole explores the deepest mysteries of existence - the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. What are we made of? What was there before the beginning? Are we really alone? Is there a creator? These questions have been pondered by the most exquisite minds of the human race. Now, science has evolved to the point where hard facts and evidence may be able to provide us with answers instead of philosophical theories. Through the Wormhole brings together the brightest minds and best ideas from the very edges of science - Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Quantum Mechanics, String Theory, and more - to reveal the extraordinary truth of our Universe.
#1 - Is There a God Particle?
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/20/2013
Scientists explore the effects of the Higgs Boson discovery, which validates the Standard Model in particle physics and solidifies the understanding of subatomic particles; highlights include an in-depth discussion of the Higgs field and mass.
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#2 - Will Sex Become Extinct?
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/26/2013
Every single person who has ever lived was created from the genes of one man and one woman. But human sexual reproduction, unchanged for millions of years, is about to undergo radical change.
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#5 - Are Robots the Future of Human Evolution?
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/10/2013
We are in the midst of a revolution so insidious we can't even see it. From our telephones to our vacuum cleaners to our cars, we have robots that live and work beside us. And now we're designing them to think for themselves, giving them the power to learn to move on their own.
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#6 - Can We Outlive the Sun?
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/12/2013
We are all at the mercy of the Sun. Its glowing disc sustains nearly all life on Earth. But the Sun also holds a dark secret: someday, our aging, expanding star will bathe the Earth in a fiery holocaust. Everything we know will turn to hot, bubbling, plasma.
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#7 - Do We Have Free Will?
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/24/2013
We like to think we are the masters of our fates. But is that really true? What if everything that has happened or will happen in the universe has already been set, from the Big Bang to the Last Gasp, and we are unable to change our inevitable destinies?
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#9 - Can Our Minds Be Hacked?
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/3/2013
Our minds store our entire lives, our memories and our deepest desires. Tell no one, and our thoughts remain our own. But our brains are biological computers. Computer hackers can tamper with our email. Could brain hackers someday be able to rewrite our thoughts?
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