astronomy
Freeman Dyson: Let’s look for life in the outer solar system
Why didn’t I think of this before? At TED.com they’ve got hours of really good ‘long-form’ telly—brainy people explaining their passions, mainly, but also some passionate people explaining their brains. Here’s a favourite: Freeman Dyson talking about the obligation on humans to look for life in the outer solar system. Freeman, you had me at [...]
Horizon: What on Earth is Wrong with Gravity?
I’ve been trawling the BBC channels at YouTube for stuff to put up at Watchification but it’s a pretty unsatisfying experience. As far as I can tell there are just clips from shows you’ve already seen (or would like to have seen) and trailers. Nothing special, nothing made for the platform (somebody will correct me [...]
The Sky At Night
I can imagine Watchification turning into a bit of a BBC4 niche, so it’s with great pleasure that we present a programme from that home of the mainstream – BBC 1. Though admittedly it’s The Sky At Night, a monthly programme that struggles to get on before midnight. What a lovely piece of telly though, [...]
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