Season 5
17 episodes · first aired 2017-02-01
| Still | # | Title | Overview | Air date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 01 | Why Earth Is a Prison and How to Escape It 2017-02-01 | We are trapped on Earth. Controlled by an ancient debt to the universe... | 2017-02-01 | 0.0 |
 | 02 | Do Robots Deserve Rights? What If Machines Become Conscious? 2017-02-23 | What shall we do once machines become conscious? Do we need to grant them rights? | 2017-02-23 | 0.0 |
 | 03 | Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food 2017-03-30 | Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded? | 2017-03-30 | 0.0 |
 | 04 | Is the European Union Worth It or Should We End It? 2017-04-13 | Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways? | 2017-04-13 | 0.0 |
 | 05 | The Last Light Before Eternal Darkness — White Dwarfs & Black Dwarfs 2017-05-04 | Everything will end. Even the universe. But in a future so far away that it defies description, there will still be light and therefore a chance for life. It will be around white dwarfs, the corpses of stars. But even they will fade one day... | 2017-05-04 | 0.0 |
| 06 | The Rise of the Machines — Why Automation Is Different This Time 2017-06-08 | Automation in the Information Age is different. | 2017-06-08 | 0.0 | |
 | 07 | Optimistic Nihilism 2017-07-26 | 2017-07-26 | 0.0 | |
 | 08 | What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? (The Size of Life #1) 2017-08-10 | Size is the most under appreciated regulator of living things. Let us demonstrate that by throwing animals from buildings. | 2017-08-10 | 0.0 |
 | 09 | Why Black Holes Could Delete the Universe — The Information Paradox 2017-08-24 | Black holes are scary things. But they also might reveal the true nature of the universe to us. | 2017-08-24 | 0.0 |
| 10 | What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth? 2017-09-07 | What happens if we bring the sun to earth? No, seriously. | 2017-09-07 | 0.0 | |
| 11 | Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument 2017-09-21 | 2017-09-21 | 0.0 | ||
 | 12 | How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body — The Microbiome 2017-10-05 | What happens when microbes talk to your brain? | 2017-10-05 | 0.0 |
 | 13 | Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever? 2017-10-20 | If you could decide today... how long do you want to live? | 2017-10-20 | 0.0 |
 | 14 | How to Cure Aging — During Your Lifetime? 2017-11-03 | What if we could stop aging forever? | 2017-11-03 | 0.0 |
 | 15 | Emergence — How Stupid Things Become Smart Together 2017-11-16 | How can many stupid things combine to form smart things? How can proteins become living cells? How become lots of ants a colony? What is emergence? | 2017-11-16 | 0.0 |
 | 16 | Universal Basic Income Explained — Free Money for Everybody? 2017-12-07 | What is UBI? How would free money change our lives. | 2017-12-07 | 0.0 |
 | 17 | How to Make an Elephant Explode (The Size of Life #2) 2017-12-21 | 2017-12-21 | 0.0 |
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