Big History

Big History S01E16 – Silver Supernova At critical moments in history, our second place metal was the most important metal on Earth. Big History reveals...

Big History S01E15 – H2O Water is the miracle molecule, and mankind has used its perfect properties to revolutionize our lives. It was our first...

Big History S01E14 – Rise of the Carnivores Eating meat made us human…by giving us bigger brains, better tools, and spoken language. The human need...

Big History S01E13 – The Sun The Sun is our master and creator. It gives us our perception of time, controls our reality, and powers...

Big History S01E11 – Decoded Secret codes run the world. The code of life, DNA, is the operating system for all organisms, which spawned intelligent...

Big History S01E10 – Pocket Time Machine How does the cellphone in your pocket link to the Big Bang, the evolution of human memory, and...

Big History S01E09 – Mountain Machines They form natural boundaries, dictate how we spread around the planet, create natural defenses, and control our weather. From...

Big History S01E08 – Brain Boost Behind that cup of coffee or tea is a global story that goes back to the collision that created...

Big History S01E07 – World of Weapons Humans have small teeth and no claws or armor, so how do we project our power? Warfare has...

Big History S01E06 – Defeating Gravity Flight takes more than wings. We need the right kind of air, the perfect materials cooked up over billions...

Big History S01E05 – Megastructures From the Great Pyramid at Giza to the towering skyscrapers of today, humans have engineered massive constructions for at least...

Big History S01E03 – Gold Fever This episode asks why mankind is gold crazy, and discovers there’s a hard-wired reason we lust after it, and...

Big History S01E02 – Horse Power Revolution The horse has been a revolutionary animal in unexpected ways. It has changed how we speak, what we...

Big History S01E01-The Superpower of Salt We all know that mankind can’t live without air, food and water…the same is true of salt. The salt...