Focal Point
Humankind's understanding of the universe is advancing at an unprecedented rate. This docu-series examines new breakthroughs, new technology and new ways of looking at the world.
Documentary
Episodes (15)
Curing Blindness in 5 Minutes
A dedicated team of eye doctors are on a mission to rid the world of preventable blindness, one incision at a time.
Interstellar Message Design
Astrobiologists study the protocol for first contact as they try to determine how they go about speaking with alien races.
World's Most-Advanced Clock
Time may be a human construct, but that hasn't stopped these physicists from perfecting it.
Photography and Motion
Using photography, one man opens up a hidden world of motion in everything from every day objects to the unique physics happening inside a nuclear bomb.
Capturing a Black Hole
The MIT Haystack Observatory reveals where the Event Horizon Telescope is at with the world's first photo of a black hole.
Thawing the Nuclear City
Scientists and engineers investigate tons of nuclear waste from a secret military operation hiding underneath Greenland's ice sheet.
Race to the Universe's Edge
In the middle of a billion-dollar telescope-building boom, new ground-based observatories are racing to see first light in the 2020s.
Mars Thruster
The X3, a new type of propulsion engine that's smashing records, is made possible thanks to a collaboration among NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne, the Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of Michigan.
Your Invisible Exposome Cloud
Microscopic bits can hitch a ride on your clothes, find their way into your body and impact your personal health. They're part of your exposome, and everyone has one.
Secret to Fighting Emissions
Seaweed is on the menu! This superfood plucked from the ocean is being fed to lucky cows in California to curb their methane production, and the resulting research could save the planet.
Locking Away Weed in a Vault
Marijuana is causing a buzz over its therapeutic potential, but scientists are still struggling to study it.
NASA's New Nuclear Engine
From returning to the Moon to establishing outposts on Mars, NASA has the need for more power than ever before. Nuclear fission could just be the solution they've been searching for.
Solar Storm War Mystery
Declassified Vietnam War files show researchers the unpredictable nature of the Sun and help them work towards predicting the next big solar storm.
The Science Quest and Einstein
Two intrepid astronomers embark on a scientific quest to photograph a solar eclipse and turned Albert Einstein into an international celebrity.
The World's Glacier Librarians
An international team of scientists embark on a continent-hopping expedition to build a future climate ice vault before the world's glaciers vanish forever.
