Can we make a star on Earth? - BBC Horizon

Brian Cox from Manchester University discuses the possibility of making a star here on earth, a process known as nuclear fusion. Creating fusion on Earth was done a lot of times, in the explosion of a hydrogen bomb, however it is an uncontrolled process , therefore extremely destructive, controlled fusion is a different story all together. If successful, a controlled nuclear fusion would solve most of our energy problems as it provides massive quantities of energy from an extremely cheap and abundant fuel, hydrogen.

Carl Sagan's COSMOS

Originally aired in 1980. Carl Sagan's Cosmos series explains a great number of scientific theories in a way a layman can understand. It inspired many people to appreciate scientific studies and sparked their intellectual curiosity.
This playlist contains all 13 episodes, each one hour long and deals in various topics such as Einsteinian relativism, theory of evolution and many others...it is a classical masterpiece.

The Virtual Revolution

There really is no point denying that internet completely revolutionized our lives. Only twenty years ago it was a difficult task to find some obscure information and now, almost any information is simply a google search away. This documentary gives us a brief history of the web, from it's beginning to present day, including all the major events such as the over-inflated dot-com downfall. It also features the interviews with the key players of the internet revolution. Worth a watch.

Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita

Stem cell research is a controversial topic these days. The morality here is very grey and many arguments are made against, however most of those for political purposes not really moral or ethical ones. This story is told from a perspective of a neurologist and a stem cell biologist.

TED - Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions

Can science answer to the questions of morality? A common answer would be that science is not concerned about morality, but however can it still give us moral answers. Sam Harris advocates that it can and it should, as science can answer to the questions of real consequences of certain actions, therefore it can give answers to moral questions in a way.