Connected — Season 1
The Hidden Science of Everything
About this season
Science journalist Latif Nasser investigates the surprising and intricate ways in which we are connected to each other, the world and the universe.
Episodes (6)
1. Surveillance
6.0Aired 2 August 2020 • 45 min
While surveillance technology raises real privacy concerns, some of it is being used in positive ways, especially when it comes to our animal friends.
2. Poop
Aired 2 August 2020 • 46 min
Sure, it's smelly and gross but excrement is more complex than we think. It holds many secrets, many problems, and—potentially—many solutions.
3. Dust
Aired 2 August 2020 • 39 min
A speck of dust seems insignificant, but a swarm of it can do everything from generating oxygen to tempering hurricanes to fertilizing the rainforest.
4. Digits
Aired 2 August 2020 • 46 min
Latif explores a law of numerical probability that applies to classical music, contemporary social media, tax fraud and perhaps the entire universe.
5. Clouds
Aired 2 August 2020 • 49 min
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.
6. Nukes
Aired 2 August 2020 • 39 min
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.