NOVA takes viewers on a fascinating scientific journey that began 3,000 years ago. The 2-hour film presents the latest archeological scholarship from the Holy Land to explore the beginnings of modern religion and the origins of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Old Testament. Watch now.

This documentary follows Mark Everett, better known as E, the lead singer of the rock band EELS, as he attempts to understand the fantastic possibility of parallel universes and unravel the story of the father he never really knew—iconoclastic quantum physicist Hugh Everett III. Watch now. Also read an interview with Everett from fellow musician Alina Simone.

The 2008 News and Documentary Emmys took place last night, Sept. 22. (Whole list of winners here). But more than half of the winners are watchable online, anytime. See full list …

At 4:27 a.m. this morning, Eastern time, protons made their first circuit around a 17-mile-long racetrack known as the Large Hadron Collider, 300 feet underneath the Swiss-French border, and then made a return journey, according to the NY Times. Read more…

It’s been 125 years since the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history–the explosion, earthquake and subsequent tsunami caused by Krakatoa, an island in Indonesia. Krakatoa is still a benchmark for extreme seismic activity, as it’s explosion was 13,000 times more powerful than one of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima.