Superscience Season 3, Episode 1: Moon Mysteries

What's Sexy?

Death of the Sun

Big Freeze

Roman Tech

Lightning Strike Investigated

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.

The Deep

Explosive Force

Pyramids

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.

Colliding Continents

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.

Birth of the Universe

Freeze Me

Forensics Under Fire

Ancient Asteroid

Extinctions

Deadliest Planets

Was Darwin Wrong ?

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?

Amazing Planet

Stone Age Apocalypse

Comets

Prehistoric Americans

Deep Space Probes

Dino Meteor

Planet Storm

Killer Lakes