Shows: Biology

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2-IN-1 PERFORMANCE

The best of both worlds: an astronomer-led night sky curriculum linked show followed by a 360˚ film. Available with all performances…

Length: 30-45mins

Cell! Cell! Cell!

You consist of between 70-100 thousand thousand million living cells (70-100 trillion). They work. They talk. They think. They are what makes you…

Length: 25mins

Lucy’s Cradle

Based on the diversity of human DNA, all modern humans can be traced to an ancestral population in East Africa. A unique environment for the…

Length: 23mins

Nanocam

Two students complete an initially boring assignment with the help of surprising software called Nanocam….

Length: 27mins

Natural Selection

Journey with Charles Darwin on the HMS Beagle to the Galapagos Islands, where he was inspired to develop the theory of…

Length: 29 & 41mins

Origins of Life

Origins of Life deals with some of the most profound questions of life science: the origins of life and the human search for life beyond…

Length: 23mins

Seeing! A photon’s journey across space, time and mind

Seeing! A photon’s journey across space, time and mind Follow the journey of a single photon as it is produced in a distant star, before travelling across the vast expanse of space to land on someone’s retina. This fulldome planetarium show explores some of the fascinating processes of the cosmos, from astrophysics to the biology of the eye and brain. Funded through a generous grant from ZEISS, the show is narrated by astronomer and science communicator, Neil deGrasse Tyson. Length 28 mins Also available in German, Italian, Swedish and Russian.

The Body Code

Fly through the carotid artery and explore the eye, brain, ear and heart. Then shrink down to the size of a cell to see its nucleus and DNA…

Length: 21mins

Wake up and Smell the Coffee

Travel with caffeine molecules through cell membranes into the blood stream and the brain, interacting with adenosine…

Length: 24mins