Leading cosmologist Matias Zaldarriaga, joins Brian Greene to explore the stunning insights — and the remaining mysteries — of modern cosmological thought. This program is part of the Big Ideas …

Microbiologist Hazel Barton goes spelunking in sticky mud, camping underground, and rope climbing in a atrium—all to research cures for antibiotic-resistant diseases. Episode filmed live at the 2009 World Science …

Bestselling author of The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt joins Brian Greene to discuss religion, technology, and the impacts of social media on democracy and society. This program is part of …

As a discipline, science aspires to be an evidence-based, non-partisan tool for revealing truth. But science is carried out by scientists, human beings like the rest of us, subject to …

Meet roboticist Heather Knight and explore the interactive robotic experiences she has created, which include a giant Rube Goldberg machine and a wise-cracking robot, Data, who performs a stand-up comedy …

We spend a third of our lives asleep. Every organism on Earth—from rats to dolphins to fruit flies to microorganisms—relies on sleep for its survival, yet science is still wrestling with a fundamental question: Why does sleep exist?