The new season of "Noos - The Adventure of Knowledge" opens with director Christopher Nolan and Matt Damon, who, along with Alberto Angela, present their latest film, "The Odyssey," recounting the various aspects of both the making of the film and the extensive screenplay and reconstruction work involved in recounting the exploits of the mythological hero Ulysses. The focus then shifts to the theme of longevity and immortality with Professor Vittorio Sebastiano, head of an ambitious research project at Stanford University aimed at discovering the key to longevity from a medical and scientific perspective. Science philosopher Telmo Pievani also returns to discuss the ethical dilemmas surrounding the quest for immortality and the importance of aging for the human species.

Much like The Little Prince, the unforgettable protagonist of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novel, the program offers a journey through the universe to discover the planets and constellations, analyzing their characteristics and peculiarities. Is it possible that other forms of life exist? And which planets might we one day colonize? Piero Bianucci, a science journalist and astronomy expert, answers these questions. He explains the real climatic conditions of the planets surrounding Earth and takes stock of the promising search for "alien" life. Astrophysicist Edwige Pezzulli also returns with Bianucci. On the front of medical innovation, "Noos" explores how gene therapy allowed Simone, suffering from a rare genetic disease that prevents the production of dopamine, to walk again. Thanks to an innovative procedure at the Policlinico Umberto I in Rome, a harmless virus introduced a healthy copy of the defective gene into his DNA, altering only the dopamine-producing neurons.

This episode of "Noos - The Adventure of Knowledge" focuses on a major medical breakthrough that is increasing the life expectancy of many children: CAR-T therapy, a new treatment that is defeating neuroblastoma, one of the most common childhood cancers. Alberto Angela discusses this with Professor Franco Locatelli, director of the Center for Oncohematological Studies at the Bambino Gesù Hospital in Rome, who spearheaded the development of this therapy in Italy and is a pioneer in neuroblastoma research. We'll also hear the recovery story of Matteo, a child treated with CAR-T therapy at the Bambino Gesù Hospital in Rome, to understand the mechanisms that characterize it, making it a crucial resource in the fight against childhood cancers. The cover of this new episode is dedicated to food. People's primary concern is understanding what is truly safe to eat and what risks being harmful. What are the real risks?

The fifth installment of Noos takes us to India, to the splendid protected area of Todoba. Together with Alberto Angela we will follow the story of Maya, a Bengal tiger, mother of three cubs to whom she teaches how to get food and defend themselves from dangers. Maya feeds the puppies with her milk and, speaking of milk, are we sure that for us humans, adults, milk is easily digestible? we will talk about it with Elisabetta Bernardi. Among our habits there is that of sending an email, but where do the millions of wires and cables arrive which, from our router, cross the roads and the depths of the oceans? The internet is a complex world that affects the powerful of the earth, geopolitical expert Dario Fabbri will explain it to us. We will also talk about how, on the web, there are many themes around which conspiracy theories are born, and how these theories already existed in the Paleolithic.

The first episode of Noos, the new program conducted by Alberto Angela, kicks off, as per tradition, with spectacular images of nature. Among the guests we will have Harrison Ford, Samantha Cristoforetti who will guide us on an exciting journey into space, Alessandro Barbero, Carlo Lucarelli who will tell the story of Prussian Blue, "the color of the devil", Massimo Polidoro, Emmanuele Jannini, Elisabetta Bernardi, Luca Perri. Particular attention is paid to the theme of the environment: with an immersion in the depths of the Island of Giglio, we will see how a scientific team took care of the marine environment damaged following the sinking of the Costa Concordia. This first episode of Noos also pays special tribute to the memory of a great scientist, Margherita Hack, who passed away ten years ago on 29 June. The field in which Noos operates is very vast and with a particular eye to the future: what will be the new sources of well-being and prosperity?

About six hundred meters from the walls of the ancient city of Pompeii, in what was once its countryside, archaeologists are working on the remains of a large villa in the archaeological site of Civita Giuliana. "Noos" illustrates one of the most important excavations of recent years and not yet open to the public where unique finds in the world have been discovered. The cover of the episode is dedicated to aesthetic medicine and plastic surgery, a much-discussed and very current topic. Doctor Emanuele Bartoletti of the Isola Tiberina - Gemelli Isola Hospital in Rome and President of the Italian Society of Aesthetic Medicine, and psychoanalyst and writer Massimo Recalcati, who also talks about the fragilities that hide behind the obsession with physical fitness, talk about it. A large page is dedicated to Artificial Intelligence and its applications, especially in the medical field, which offer doctors new diagnostic possibilities for identifying tumors in the early stages.

The journey through the various fields of knowledge begins again, with guests, experts and reports from Italy and the world. This episode also opens with spectacular images from the BBC from the African plains of the Serengeti with the most majestic and feared of animals: the lion. The Noos cameras then enter an Italian reproductive medicine center to understand how science can help couples become parents. And again: a new experiment involving Crisp-Cas9, the technology that allows the genome to be cut and corrected in a targeted manner, even in plants.

The third episode of Noos opens with spectacular images of what is considered one of the seven wonders of the animal world: the great migration of one and a half million wildebeests and zebras in the Serengeti plains. We will then go to Genoa at the Italian Institute of Technology and discover the capabilities of a new Robotic Avatar, we will talk about the properties of coffee and the effects on our body, and there will also be experiments by Giuliana Galati and Ruggero Rollini! Thanks to a find in Albano Laziale we could have new information on the life and habits of the soldiers of ancient Rome, the historian Alessandro Barbero instead, will show us the physical characteristics of two great sovereigns. Our journey into space also continues with astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti who will tell us about the Artemis program. We will find out what are the new therapies to treat one of the most common cancers, colon cancer, in an increasingly effective way.

The program dedicated to dissemination returns and ideally continues the path of "Superquark", while presenting itself as a completely new story. Guest of the first episode is Russell Crowe, the unforgettable "Maximus" from "Gladiator" who, against the backdrop of the Colosseum, talks to Alberto Angela about his relationship with Rome, between archeology and cinema. A new authoritative guest also joins the "Noos" team: the director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii Gabriel Zuchtriegel, to talk about the daily life of Pompeians before the eruption of Vesuvius. A character much loved by the public returns, the actress and director Paola Cortellesi who gives voice to the animated character that tells the story of the alphabet. In the immersive and technological study of "Noos", astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti talks about the preparations for man's return to the Moon. International scenarios expert Dario Fabbri helps understand the world through geopolitics.

In this new episode Alberto Angela guides us to discover the Egyptian Museum of Turin, which this year celebrates two hundred years since its foundation, to discover the secrets kept in the most important collection of treasures outside of Egypt. Director Christian Greco illustrates all the upcoming innovations that the museum is preparing to celebrate its important anniversary. Alberto Angela then talks about dinosaurs together with the young paleontologist Alessandro Chiarenza, to discuss not only the latest discoveries on their fossils but also some surprising details on the appearance of dinosaurs, very different from those seen in the films. Important news for those suffering from genetic diseases such as thalassemia and sickle cell anemia. In a report filmed at the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital in Rome, prof. Franco Locatelli illustrates a revolutionary and very promising experiment capable of correcting the genome of diseased cells.

Alberto Angela goes to Pompei to discover a construction site from two thousand years ago, which was buried under the ash of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. and recently brought to light by the excavations of the archaeological park in Regio IX. Also in the studio was an exceptional guest: the director of the Archaeological Park Gabriel Zuchtriegel. From the past to the future, a mirage that is now becoming a reality: the anti-cancer vaccine, based on the same technology as the "mRna" vaccines used against Covid, illustrating for which types of tumors it is being tested and what the hopes are for the future. We then move to where the most promising Olympic athletes train, discovering the technical innovations underlying the training of champions such as Marcell Jacobs, Gian Marco Tamberi, Simona Quadarella.

An important archaeological novelty and an important scientific novelty are the protagonists of the episode. With Alberto Angela we go to the territories of ancient Liternum, a city linked to one of the most famous characters in Roman history: Publius Cornelius Scipione, known as Scipione the Africanus, and which today is located in the municipality of Giugliano, in the province of Naples, for follow the opening of a sarcophagus found in the tomb of Cerberus, where a burial chamber dating back over two thousand years was found with all its treasures intact. We then talk about the promising experimentation on neurotrophins, the molecules discovered over seventy years ago by Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi Montalcini. At the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Prof. Antonio Chiaretti has started research that uses neurotrophins to treat brain damage in children who have suffered serious trauma.