We often think of modern medicine as only really beginning at the Renaissance - but we're wrong. The Edwin Smith Papyrus is an ancient textbook on surgery that dates back to about 1600 BC. It is full of details on the examination, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of numerous ailments. This film looks into the grisly but brilliant surgeries of the great ancient physicians to witness three procedures common at the time but which would not be attempted...

There is nothing we wouldn't put in our mouths in our quest for the perfect meal. But paper? This program visits chefs Homaro, Jia Jun, and Yumei at the helm of their respective kitchens - where telling the difference between food and paper may not be so easy. No longer do we have to salivate over a delicious-looking picture - now, thanks to Homaro, we can literally have our picture and eat it too. Imagine eating the menu after placing your dinner...

As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? In this TEDTalk, Sherry Turkle explains how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication - and asks us to think deeply about the new kinds of connection we want to have.

For almost a century, Hollywood has been warning of a future during which human beings become enslaved by the machines they have created. Has the time come to take the seemingly outlandish imagination of science fiction seriously? Drawing disturbing conclusions about our possible mechanical domination, this documentary investigates the parallels between movie fantasy and science reality. Over the years innovations in artificial intelligence and biotechnology...

Galileo is Europe's ambitious satellite navigation project, designed to rival the American GPS, and invigorate European transport and communications infrastructure. Given the control which satellite navigation has over modern society, a question mark always lay over the wisdom of allowing America a monopoly on the technology. Thus, Galileo came into being. While it seemed to offer massive potential for modernization of Europe's communication system...

The mystery of life can now be recreated in a lab. In this ABC News report Dr. Richard Besser explores how scientists were able to create a living cell in a lab and then have the cell replicate. Some of the implications may be frightening, but some are badly needed. This historic discovery can lead to the development of new vaccines and enhanced abilities to clean up oil spills.

Tras el éxito de Sapiens. De animales a dioses, Yuval Noah Harari vuelve su mirada al futuro para ver hacia dónde nos dirigimos. La guerra es algo obsoleto. Es más probable quitarse la vida que morir en un conflicto bélico. La hambruna está desapareciendo. Es más habitual sufrir obesidad que pasar hambre. La muerte es solo un problema técnico. Adiós igualdad. Hola inmortalidad. ¿Qué nos depara el futuro? Yuval Noah Harari, autor bestseller...

A squad of soldiers stranded on an isolated military sea base on a near future Earth, wait for the relief or the enemy, whichever comes first.

The Jetsons were the very first family, animated or not, to have a big-screen home entertainment system decades before it became reality. They also had flying cars, floating cities and androids, all commonplace scenery in today's most popular sci-fi blockbusters. Now this beloved series teletransports onto Blur-ray, all 24 hilarious episodes plus soaring extras!

Publisher Annotation: Self-driving cars. WiFi-enhanced air flight. A landscape remade by climate change. Dizzying diversity in personal income. New York Times columnist Friedman, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and the author of best sellers like The World Is Flat, uses his Minne-sota childhood as a baseline to consider how we can better cope with a world that's accelerating in exciting and dangerous ways. His recommendations? Both nations and...