Connected
The Hidden Science of Everything
- 2020
- Canceled
- Documentary
- ~45m / ep
- 1 season
- 6.2/10
Science journalist Latif Nasser investigates the surprising and intricate ways in which we are connected to each other, the world and the universe.
Latest: Season 1 · 2020
View all seasonsE1. Surveillance
Aug 2, 2020 · 45m
While surveillance technology raises real privacy concerns, some of it is being used in positive ways, especially when it comes to our animal friends.
E2. Poop
Aug 2, 2020 · 47m
Sure, it's smelly and gross but excrement is more complex than we think. It holds many secrets, many problems, and—potentially—many solutions.
E3. Dust
Aug 2, 2020 · 39m
A speck of dust seems insignificant, but a swarm of it can do everything from generating oxygen to tempering hurricanes to fertilizing the rainforest.
E4. Digits
Aug 2, 2020 · 46m
Latif explores a law of numerical probability that applies to classical music, contemporary social media, tax fraud and perhaps the entire universe.
E5. Clouds
Aug 2, 2020 · 50m
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.
E6. Nukes
Aug 2, 2020 · 40m
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.
