&quot;The Fabric of the Cosmos,&quot; a four-hour series based on the book by renowned physicist and author Brian Greene, takes us to the frontiers of physics to see how scientists are piecing together the most complete picture yet of space, time, and the universe. With each step, audiences will discover that just beneath the surface of our everyday experience lies a world we&#x27;d hardly recognize—a startling world far stranger and more wondrous than anyone expected.Brian Greene is going to let you in on a secret: We&#x27;ve all been deceived. Our perceptions of time and space have led us astray. Much of what we thought we knew about our universe—that the past has already happened and the future is yet to be, that space is just an empty void, that our universe is the only universe that exists—just might be wrong.Interweaving provocative theories, experiments, and stories with crystal-clear explanations and imaginative metaphors like those that defined the groundbreaking and highly acclaimed series &quot;The Elegant Universe,&quot; &quot;The Fabric of the Cosmos&quot; aims to be the most compelling, visual, and comprehensive picture of modern physics ever seen on television.

Acclaimed physicist Brian Greene reveals a mind-boggling reality beneath the surface of our everyday world.

The Fabric of the Cosmos

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Black holes are the most enigmatic and exotic objects in the universe. They’re also the most powerful, with gravity so strong it can trap light. And they’re destructive, swallowing entire planets, even giant stars. Anything that falls into them vanishes…gone forever. Now, astrophysicists are realizing that black holes may be essential to how our universe evolved—their influence possibly leading to life on Earth and, ultimately, us. In this two-hour special, astrophysicist and author Janna Levin takes viewers on a journey to the frontiers of black hole science. Along the way, we meet leading astronomers and physicists on the verge of finding new answers to provocative questions about these shadowy monsters: Where do they come from? What’s inside? What happens if you fall into one? And what can they tell us about the nature of space, time, and gravity? (Premiered January 10, 2018)

Take a mind-blowing voyage to the most powerful and mysterious objects in the universe.

Black Hole Apocalypse

One tablespoon of olive oil is dropped into a lake, and after ten minutes, a half-acre of waves are gone. How could the oil spread so far, and why does it calm the waves? Find out in this episode of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj1gfrsi8H8zTrmR0ft1Kjw">What The Physics?!</a>

One tablespoon of olive oil destroys half an acre of waves on this lake. What The Physics?!

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Join NOVA on three virtual field trips which highlight some of the scientists and engineers featured in the new chemistry series Beyond the Elements.

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<h2><a href="https://stories.wgbh.org/beyond-elements-reactions-interactive/">Launch Interactive</a></h2>As any viewer of NOVA’s &quot;Beyond the Elements&quot; series can tell, host David Pogue has a blast exploring the wonderful world of chemistry and bringing it to millions of PBS viewers. But why should David have all the fun? To give students a chance to investigate four of the world-shaping reactions featured in the series for themselves, we’ve created the “Beyond the Elements Reactions Interactive.”Exploration of each reaction unfolds in three parts. First, players learn why the reaction matters and get an overview of how it works by watching video clips from &quot;Beyond the Elements&quot;. That prepares them to play a series of three mini-games in which they must identify the reactants and products, balance the chemical equation, and assemble the molecular products. Finally, more video clips provide further context for the reaction they just mastered, including ways scientists are attempting to optimize its global impacts.NOVA has also produced an educator guide to accompany the film and the Reactions Interactive with activities designed to spark students’ curiosity about chemistry and material science. The educator guide provides teaching tips and activities to reinforce the concepts and stories explored in the &quot;Beyond the Elements&quot; documentary series and the interactive. It is free and available in the <a href="https://mass.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/nova-beyond-the-elements/">&quot;Beyond the Elements&quot; collection</a> of educational resources on PBS LearningMedia.

Take a deep dive into four chemical reactions that continue to shape our world.

Beyond the Elements: Reactions Interactive

Discover the origins of life and the chemistry that made it all happen.

Beyond the Elements: Life

Engineers have created super-strong glass, rubber, and plastic—but at what cost?

Beyond the Elements: Indestructible

From explosions to photosynthesis, chemical reactions transform our world.

Beyond the Elements: Reactions

Discover the fascinating chemistry that makes our world and everything in it—including us.
Picking up where he left off in NOVA’s popular special, Hunting the Elements, David Pogue sets out on a worldwide quest to find the key molecules and chemical reactions that have paved the way for human civilization, life, and even the universe as we know it. And along the way, he uncovers the simple principles that produce such a dizzying diversity of matter from elements on the periodic table. (A three-part series premiering February 3 at 9 PM on PBS.)

Discover the fascinating chemistry that makes our world and everything in it—including us.

Beyond the Elements

Discover how contemporary researchers used computers to analyze a massive historical data set—127 million words collected from 239 years of criminal trials in London—to confirm a shift in public attitudes towards violence, in this video from NOVA The Violence Paradox.

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