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Superscience

Season 3

2006 · 25 episodes

  1. 1. Moon Mysteries

    2006-01-15

  2. 2. What's Sexy?

    2006-02-13

  3. 3. Death of the Sun

    2006-03-20

  4. 4. Big Freeze

    2006-03-29

  5. 5. Roman Tech

    2006-04-26

  6. 6. Lightning Strike Investigated

    2006-05-24

    In over 200 years of study, scientists are still unsure of what stimulates a lightning strike. One current theory suggests that cosmic rays could be the trigger. The odd phenomenon of ball lightning is examined, as well as recently discovered sprites that emanate upward from clouds and into the middle atmosphere.

  7. 7. The Deep

    2006-06-28

  8. 8. Explosive Force

    2006-07-05

  9. 9. Pyramids

    2006-07-12

    In the space of 500 years, eighteen of these huge monuments were built. Focusing more on the "who" than the "how" of their construction, forensic anthropology learns that it wasn't slaves that built the pyramids, as originally thought. The facilities that housed the workers have been unearthed, giving a clearer picture of the mammoth project that was pyramid building.

  10. 10. Colliding Continents

    2006-07-19

    The history and a projection of the future of the Earth's land masses caused by continental drift is explain by the theory of plate tectonics.

  11. 11. Birth of the Universe

    2006-09-06

  12. 12. Freeze Me

    2006-09-20

  13. 13. Forensics Under Fire

    2006-10-12

  14. 14. Ancient Asteroid

    2006-10-21

  15. 15. Extinctions

    2006-11-02

  16. 16. Deadliest Planets

    2006-12-06

  17. 17. Was Darwin Wrong ?

    2006-12-07

    Our planet Earth is teeming with life. To some, it's a miracle - but can science explain how it came into existence? Critics have attacked the theory of evolution for 150 years. They claim it is full of holes, and the gaps reveal the hand of an Intelligent Designer. Who's right? Naked Science investigates the most explosive science of them all and asks, was Darwin wrong?

  18. 18. Amazing Planet

    2007-02-21

  19. 19. Stone Age Apocalypse

    2007-02-28

  20. 20. Comets

    2007-03-07

  21. 21. Prehistoric Americans

    2007-03-14

  22. 22. Deep Space Probes

    2007-03-28

  23. 23. Dino Meteor

    2007-04-12

  24. 24. Planet Storm

    2007-04-21

  25. 25. Killer Lakes

    2007-04-28

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