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| Evolution
What About God? 進化新紀元 | 19 Sep 2003 at 1:20a.m. |
過去七集的節目，已探討過達爾文的進化論內所引伸的問題，並且從問題已證明了進化論有一定存在的價值。那麼你相信人類是進化出來的話，豈不是否定宗教內所指人是由神創造的理論？最後一集的《進化新紀元》特別邀請一班學生及教授對此問題進行激辯，探討宗教與科學的衝突及並存問題。
Of all the species on Earth, we alone attempt to explain who we are and how we came to be, through the prisms of both science and religion. How has the tension between the two played out? Today the theory of evolution still is dogged by controversy. This program explores the creationist movement and its arguments by drawing on real human stories of people struggling to find a balance between faith and reason. Through their perceptions we underscore the point that science and religion are compatible, although they play very different roles in assigning order to the universe and a purpose to life. |
| Evolution
The Mind's Big Bang 進化新紀元 | 25 Jun 2003 at 8:00p.m. |
五千年以前，一件重大的事情發生後，人類現代思維開始冒起，他們開始進行創作、發展科技，而社會亦有了很大改變，究竟是什麼力量掀起這重大的突破？有學者指出不同文化的重心是來自語言，接著引出一群聾啞兒童被遺棄在尼加拉瓜農村的例子，指他們從沒有學過跟人溝通的方法，但當他們與外界接觸後，便自創出一種溝通方法，究竟箇中原因是什麼？
Anatomically modern humans existed more than 100,000 years ago, but with no art, crude technology, and primitive social interaction. Then 50,000 years ago, something happened - a creative, technological, and social explosion, and humans came to dominate the planet. This was a pivot point in our development, the time when the human mind truly emerged. What made this moment so different? "The Mind's Big Bang" examines the forces that may have contributed to the breakthrough, and enabled us to prevail over our relatives, the Neanderthals, who co-existed with us for tens of thousands of years and explores where the power of the modern mind may ultimately lead us.
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| Evolution
Why Sex? 進化新紀元 | 18 Jun 2003 at 8:00p.m. |
在進化論裡，「性」比生命來得重要，只要在人體基因上加以變化，或加或減，許多有關性別的演化，例如決定生男生女，一胎雙胎，優生嬰兒等，都有機會出現。節目會從不同的生物，了解牠們「性」的變數，又會探討我們思想、身體當中的基因如何傳遞開去。有些科學家認為人類文化－藝術、文學、音樂，它們都是與「性」的基因有著莫大關連。
In evolutionary terms, sex is more important than life itself - without progeny, we are evolutionary losers. Sex fuels evolutionary change by adding variation to the gene pool and eliminating unsatisfactory traits. We look at the endless variety of sexual expression and the powerful hold sex exerts over all living things. And we explore how the need to pass on our genes has shaped our own bodies, minds, and lives. Some scientists believe that art, literature, music - in fact all of human culture - may be the ultimate result of our sexual drives. |
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