Science journalist Latif Nasser investigates the surprising and intricate ways in which we are connected to each other, the world and the universe.
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Season 1
2020
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01. Surveillance
2020-08-02
While surveillance technology raises real privacy concerns, some of it is being used in positive ways, especially when it comes to our animal friends.
02. Poop
2020-08-02
Sure, it's smelly and gross but excrement is more complex than we think. It holds many secrets, many problems, and—potentially—many solutions.
03. Dust
2020-08-02
A speck of dust seems insignificant, but a swarm of it can do everything from generating oxygen to tempering hurricanes to fertilizing the rainforest.
04. Digits
2020-08-02
Latif explores a law of numerical probability that applies to classical music, contemporary social media, tax fraud and perhaps the entire universe.
05. Clouds
2020-08-02
A 19th-century shipwreck led to weather forecasting as we know it, and laid the groundwork for other predictive models as well as ... well, the cloud.
06. Nukes
2020-08-02
They may be our worst creations. But Latif uncovers how nuclear bombs did some surprising good and visits those who ensure that they stop blowing up.
