Breakthrough — Season 2
A Global Series Event
About this season
Providing a thought-provoking and imaginative perspective on scientific discovery as it unfolds, each episode follows scientific explorers working on cutting-edge projects with breakthrough potential, revealing the world of tomorrow... today.
Episodes (6)
1. Addiction: A Psychedelic Cure?
7.0Aired 2 May 2017 • 47 min
Renegade researchers are fighting the medical establishment by exploring a controversial cure for our vices: psychedelic drugs.
2. Cyber Terror
7.0Aired 9 May 2017 • 47 min
Inside the hidden world of hackers: “White-hat” hackers stage a risky raid on a bank; a “black-hat” ISIS recruiter organizes a terrorist attack.
3. Curing Cancer
Aired 16 May 2017 • 47 min
Using T cells taken from cancer patients and deactivated HIV virus, maverick doctors have created a stunning new therapy for a dreaded disease.
4. Game of Drones
7.0Aired 23 May 2017 • 47 min
The military and defense industry are looking for ways to defend against a mass drone attack, and they’ll learn how at the Game of Drones competition.
5. Predicting the Future
7.0Aired 30 May 2017 • 47 min
By finding hidden patterns in big data, computers powered by a new form of artificial intelligence can predict the future with amazing accuracy.
6. Power to the People
7.0Aired 6 June 2017 • 47 min
The world’s electric grids are aging and vulnerable. Now, engineers are making a dangerous trek to prove there is a better way to bring power to the people.