Futurescape with James Woods
Everyday scientists across the country are uncovering radical breakthroughs that already have fundamentally changed the way we think about the world. Futurescape is a new, six-part series that unveils incredible mind-blowing discoveries. Each episode explores a different event horizon that will critically alter life as we know it. Telepathy. Colonizing Space. Staying Forever Young. Robot Citizens.
- 2013-2013
- 1 season
- Science Channel
- Documentary
Everyday scientists across the country are uncovering radical breakthroughs that already have fundamentally changed the way we think about the world. Futurescape is a new, six-part series that unveils incredible mind-blowing discoveries. Each episode explores a different event horizon that will critically alter life as we know it. Telepathy. Colonizing Space. Staying Forever Young. Robot Citizens.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2013
Episode 0
I Know What You're Thinking
Sat, Nov 16, 2013 44 mins
Scientists are making progress decoding how thoughts are processed, creating telepathy helmets, and reading people's minds.
Episode 1
Robot Revolution
Tue, Nov 19, 2013 43 mins
Experiments have transformed machines into creatures with consciousness; elsewhere, scientists are enhancing humans with synthetic parts that work better than the real thing. The result: a not-too distant world where man and machine are indistinguishable.
Episode 2
Cheating Time
Tue, Nov 26, 2013 43 mins
Advances in medical science are making aging, sickness, and potentially even death avoidable conditions.
Episode 3
Replacing God
Tue, Dec 3, 2013 44 mins
Could God's long reign be in jeopardy? Advances are affording humans a power once reserved for only the Almighty--the ability to create life. But as we manipulate DNA and produce new species to our whim, will we find God's shoes too big to fill?
Episode 4
Galactic Pioneers
Tue, Dec 10, 2013 44 mins
21st Century explorers have set sail on an age of discovery that eclipses anything dreamed of by Columbus. Advances in propulsion technology, warp drive, and solar energy have allowed us to do what only science fiction writers dreamed possible until now.
Episode 5
How to Be a Superhuman
Tue, Dec 24, 2013 42 mins
Science stands at the brink of unlocking our primal instincts. Advancements in genetic engineering may soon free humans from the limitations that have linked us to the rest of the animal world. Pain, fear, uncertainty and fraily may be things of the past.