
Alie Ward careens through human history, connecting seemingly unrelated events, objects and people to the modern world -- and the future.
Alie Ward goes from an ancient herbal remedy, through naturalistic theater, and the horrifying results of atomic weapons, to arrive at embryonic stem cells and the tantalizing prospect of a future where the body is tricked into being forever young.
Alie Ward falls through the wormholes of history into the Louisiana swamps, then journeys on to discover how poker-faced mischief and a mathematical code for winning games bring machines that invent faces so real that nobody can tell they are fake.
A heroic bid for freedom by an enslaved couple in 19th century America precipitates great innovation that culminates in people making the heavens open.
A discovery in a gold mine in the Ural Mountains leads to a vivid paint that revolutionizes art and stuns the world; from dissecting stolen corpses and peering into microscopes, the secret structure of the brain and nervous system is exposed.