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Genius by Stephen Hawking

How Atoms Are Created in the Magnet Experiment

An experiment with magnets demonstrates how energy allows atoms to be created.

Aired 05/31/2016 | Rating TV-PG

Genius by Stephen Hawking

How Atoms Are Created in the Magnet Experiment

Clip: Episode 5 | 2m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

An experiment with magnets demonstrates how energy allows atoms to be created.

The volunteers are given magnets and an energy source to see how complex molecules can form almost at random with just a bit of energy. We learn that the building blocks of life can appear seemingly out of nowhere if the correct conditions are present.

Aired 05/31/2016 | Rating TV-PG

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What Are We?

Three volunteers set out to find an amazing realization about the nature of life itself. (30s)

Aiming for a Target

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Molecules adapt to survive their environment and are passed on to the next generation. (1m 58s)

Stephen Hawking’s Machine of Life

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Humans are made of tiny machines, which must all work together to thrive. (2m 32s)

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