Is building our own starship Enterprise possible? Will we ever travel between the stars as easily as they do in Star Trek? JJ Abrams' new feature, Star Trek Into Darkness, hits the screen in a golden age of scientific discoveries. HISTORY is there, giving viewers a deep look behind the scenes, on the set, and into the science–amazing new exoplanets, the physics of Warp drive, and the ideas behind how we might one day live in a Star Trek Universe.

William Shatner sits down with scientists, innovators and celebrities to discuss how the optimism of...

More than 30 years have now passed since a certain time traveling police box first materialized on o...

The use of embryonic stem cells has ignited fierce debate across the spiritual and political spectru...

This documentary is hosted by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and they take us through the history...

A documentary film that takes us on a scientific and spiritual journey where we discover that by cha...

A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwi...

Principles of Curiosity presents a general introduction to the foundations of scientific skepticism ...

Since 2003, human DNA has been completely decoded. Scientists are currently working on decoding all ...

Jack Parsons: Jet Propelled Antichrist is a story about one of the fathers of modern rocketry and a ...

An unprecedented examination of the impact the Star Trek experience has had on the franchise's most ...

Short film showing (with limited accuracy) the life-cycle of myxomycetes.

A documentary series from Channel 4, hosted by professor Richard Dawkins, well-known darwinist. The ...

In a search for clues about size, the documentary shows why the sun and planets are so large, why in...

A film about the world's most dedicated Star Wars fans. From lightsaber wielding martial arts academ...

Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid is the only one to survive. Many believe that...

In 1973 Yorkshire public television made a short film of the Nobel laureate while he was there. The ...

On April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick published their groundbreaking discovery of the do...

Darwin's great insight – that life has evolved over millions of years by natural selection – has bee...

In 1858 Charles Darwin struggles to publish one of the most controversial scientific theories ever c...