The story of science

Discusses the many different life forms that have existed on Earth, their importance, and how they have changed over time.

Describes fossils, how they are formed, and what they can tell us about life in the past.

Explores the many different myths, theories, and experiments which explain the origin of life, including spontaneous generation, the development of planets, chemical evolution of matter, and the various places in the solar system where life exists or may exist.

Discusses how living things inherit traits, chronicles the history of the study of heredity, and examines current research on genetic engineering and mapping the human gene.

Defines gravity and discusses how our knowledge of the natural force has broadened and evolved.

Chronicles discoveries made since ancient times in learning about disease and how the body's immune system fights and conquers it.

Describes what was believed in the past about stars, including the sun, and what we know today.

Describes the history of astronomy and how knowledge of the universe has advanced.

Relates the history of the struggle to understand earth's place in the universe, from earliest mythmaking to today's discoveries via the Hubble telescope.

Introduces atoms, the tiny particles which make up everything in the world, discussing their different parts, how they were discovered, and how they can be used as a source of energy.