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Why Are We Here?

Season 1 Episode 3 | 54m 41s

World-famous scientist Stephen Hawking sets three ordinary people a series of fun challenges to show them how to think like a genius. Can they work out why they exist at all? Is it destiny or pure chance?

Aired: 05/24/16 | Expires: 03/26/18
Extras
Three volunteers set out to find an amazing realization about the nature of life itself.
Can three volunteers to measure the solar system and universe to find out where we are?
The Earth rotates, and where you are changes how you see the universe.
Humans are made of tiny machines, which must all work together to thrive.
Molecules adapt to survive their environment and are passed on to the next generation.
Demonstration finding the distance between the moon and the Earth.
Using smartphones and tablets to measure how far apart the Milky Way is from Andromeda.
An experiment with magnets demonstrates how energy allows atoms to be created.
Follow the team’s truly mind-bending challenge: Can they work out why they exist at all?
Watch Hawking lead a journey of discovery featuring racing cars, skaters and balloons.
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