'Curiosity' Exclusive Preview: Stephen Hawking Assumes Creation (Video)

Discovery Channel's new series, Curiosity, is not tugging any punches. In the first episode, world-famous astrophysicist, Stephen Hawking, takes up mankind's most complicated question: Who or what produced the world? STORY:Discovery's 'Curiosity' Premiere to obtain Mix-Network Simulcast (Exclusive) It is a question that researchers in addition to theologians have attempted to reply to for hundreds of years and Hawking examines the potential solutions in Curiosity's premiere episode asking, "Did God Produce the World?" airing Sunday, August. 7 at 8 p.m. Hang in there following the premiere episode when Discovery Funnel presents a unique roundtable discussion at 9 p.m. featuring well-known theologians challenging Hawking's findings and ideas, the mysteries in the centre from the cosmos, and just how science and religion can exist together. The series' 60 episodes will respond to questions spanning science, technology, and society. Additionally to Hawking, the series' hosts include Morgan Freeman, Michelle Rodriguez, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Spurlock, Adam Savage, Mike Rowe, Brendan Fraser, Eli Roth, and Robin Williams. Watch THR's exclusive sneak peeks in the premiere above and below. Email: Jethro.Nededog@thr.com Twitter:@TheRealJethro Discovery Funnel Discovery Communications