Science Breakthroughs - Season 1

Science Breakthroughs - Season 1

Season 1

Network
DatesJun 3, 2016 - Dec 11, 2017

Episodes

Gravitational Waves
Season 1Episode 112 min

Gravitational Waves

Einstein was correct about gravitational waves. Here is a short primer on these up-to-now only theoretical waves. And you will find out how we have finally confirmed Einstein's theory and what the research into gravitational waves will tell us about the beginnings of our universe.
Jun 3, 2016
What is CRISPR?
Season 1Episode 29 min

What is CRISPR?

Only 20 years ago, July 5, 1996, scientists cloned a sheep, Dolly. Now genetics have advanced to gene editing, a technique that is promising to pave the way for curing genetically carried illnesses, like certain cancers. But how does it all work? And what are the challenges?
Jul 5, 2016
The Mystery of the Longest Living Vertebrate
Season 1Episode 38 min

The Mystery of the Longest Living Vertebrate

New information from the eye of the Greenland Shark confirms it is the longest living vertebrate on Earth. Find out what qualities the shark has, and how looking at Sea Squirts (Tunicates) is also helping scientists understand more about the aging process.
Nov 15, 2016
Exoplanets
Season 1Episode 414 min

Exoplanets

NASA may have just gotten one step closer to the answering the question: are we alone? The Spitzer Telescope has made a groundbreaking discovery of exoplanets that could be similar to our own. And as Kepler also continues its search, our understanding of the universe continues to be redefined.
Feb 23, 2017
Asteroid Belt Discovery
Season 1Episode 59 min

Asteroid Belt Discovery

New evidence from NASA's Dawn mission to Ceres, a dwarf planet the size of Texas, is changing our understanding of not only the Asteroid Belt,but may also may hold the key to deciphering the early life of our solar system.
May 2, 2017
Gravitational Waves: Rewinding Time
Season 1Episode 612 min

Gravitational Waves: Rewinding Time

Gravitational Waves from three billion light years away have reached earth -- the latest discovery from a new branch of astronomy that one day could give us a front row seat to the Big Bang.
Jun 13, 2017
The Eighth Continent: Zealandia
Season 1Episode 78 min

The Eighth Continent: Zealandia

Geologists in New Zealand created a stir earlier this year when they declared their discovery of the eighth continent of the world. Learn how was it formed and how something so massive could remain undetected until now.
Aug 28, 2017
Building the Sun: The 250 Million Degree Problem
Season 1Episode 811 min

Building the Sun: The 250 Million Degree Problem

Scientists investigate the way the Sun builds its power -- through fusion -- hoping to find a way to use fusion as a less dangerous and less radioactive waste-producing path to energy than fission. But there are some major difficulties along the way...
Nov 6, 2017
World's Best Dinosaur Fossil
Season 1Episode 916 min

World's Best Dinosaur Fossil

An extraordinary new discovery of a dinosaur fossil so pristine and complete, that it shows off the texture, patterns, and color of a prehistoric giant. Discover this brand new species that roamed during the late Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
Oct 23, 2017
Homo Naledi
Season 1Episode 1011 min

Homo Naledi

Discovered in 2013, new and puzzling finding of small-skulled fossils of Homo Naledi has scientists trying to understand whether Homo Sapiens lived at the same time as Homo Naledi, and how Homo Naledi communities may have lived.
Dec 11, 2017

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