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Genius by Stephen Hawking - Episode Guide

Season 1

Can We Time Travel?

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: May 18, 2016

Can We Time Travel?

Join Stephen Hawking as he challenges three ordinary people to determine if time travel is possible. The fascinating journey of discovery features DeLoreans, atomic clocks, a giant black hole and a large swath of New York City.

Are We Alone?

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: May 18, 2016

Are We Alone?

Join Professor Stephen Hawking as he challenges three ordinary people to work out the likelihood of alien life out there in the universe. See why the team has their minds blown in a way they were never expecting.

Why Are We Here?

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: May 25, 2016

Why Are We Here?

Join Stephen Hawking as he sets three ordinary people a truly mind-bending challenge: Can they work out why they exist at all? Hawking takes them down a rabbit hole of profound realizations, helping them think like philosophers as much as scientists.

Where Did the Universe Come From?

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: May 25, 2016

Where Did the Universe Come From?

Join Stephen Hawking as he challenges three ordinary people to work out where the universe came from. Hawking leads the trio on an extraordinary journey of discovery featuring racing cars, ice-skaters, balloons and running tracks.

What Are We?

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Jun 1, 2016

What Are We?

Join Stephen Hawking as he challenges three ordinary people to find out what we really are. Self-assembling machines, light-up bacteria and the world's first physical demonstration of evolution in action conspire to revolutionize their view of life.

Where Are We?

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Jun 1, 2016

Where Are We?

Join renowned scientist Stephen Hawking as he challenges three ordinary people to think like a genius. Can they measure the earth, the solar system and even the universe — and find our true place in the cosmos?

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