Can We Time Travel?

Stephen Hawking sets three challenges to find out if we could be time travelers.

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Can We Time Travel? Genius by Stephen Hawking

Premiered May 18, 2016

Can We Time Travel?

World-famous scientist Stephen Hawking sets three ordinary people a series of mind-blowing challenges. Can they think like a genius? Can they work out if time travel is possible?

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The volunteers set up the black hole challenge.

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Black Holes

The volunteers are surprised by a DeLorean and demonstrate a time traveling experiment.

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DeLorean Arrives

Stephen Hawking makes a viral appearance in Times Square.

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Hawking in Times Square

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Genius by Stephen Hawking

In Genius by Stephen Hawking, Professor Stephen Hawking challenges a selection of volunteers to think like the greatest geniuses in history and solve some of humanity's most enduring questions.