
Breakthrough Episode Rating Graph
Nov 2015 - Jun 2017

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Nov 2015 - Jun 2017
7.3
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Providing a thought-provoking and imaginative perspective on scientific discovery as it unfolds, each episode follows scientific explorers working on cutting-Âedge projects with breakthrough potential, revealing the world of tomorrow... today.
S2 Ep5
7.9
30th May 2017
By finding hidden patterns in big data, computers powered by a new form of artificial intelligence can predict the future with amazing accuracy.
S2 Ep1
7.9
2nd May 2017
Renegade researchers are fighting the medical establishment by exploring a controversial cure for our vices: psychedelic drugs.
S1 Ep6
7.8
13th Dec 2015
Earth is facing the devastating loss of a vital resource: clean water. Now, innovators across the globe are seeking solutions in emergent technologies to prevent a planet-wide water crisis.
S2 Ep3
7.8
16th May 2017
Using T cells taken from cancer patients and deactivated HIV virus, maverick doctors have created a stunning new therapy for a dreaded disease.
S1 Ep3
7.6
15th Nov 2015
Using powerful new technologies, scientists are seeking solutions to a variety of mental illnesses by exploring unmapped facets of the human brain.
S1 Ep1
7.7
1st Nov 2015
Viral outbreaks can become deadly pandemics in a matter of days. To prevent catastrophe, courageous scientists are fighting back with new treatments and vaccines.
S2 Ep6
7.7
6th Jun 2017
The worldâs 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.
S2 Ep2
7.7
9th May 2017
Inside the hidden world of hackers: âWhite-hatâ hackers stage a risky raid on a bank; a âblack-hatâ ISIS recruiter organizes a terrorist attack.
S1 Ep1
7.7
1st Nov 2015
Viral outbreaks can become deadly pandemics in a matter of days. To prevent catastrophe, courageous scientists are fighting back with new treatments and vaccines.
S1 Ep2
7.7
8th Nov 2015
Scientific advancements are challenging the concept of what it means to be human. In the near future, enhancing the human body with technology could lead to the next stage of our evolution.
S1 Ep3
7.6
15th Nov 2015
Using powerful new technologies, scientists are seeking solutions to a variety of mental illnesses by exploring unmapped facets of the human brain.
S1 Ep4
7.8
29th Nov 2015
New discoveries may help us slow or even turn back our biological clocks.
S1 Ep5
7.8
6th Dec 2015
Reliance on fossil fuels is leading us into a global energy crisis. If we act now, developments in energy production could avert disaster and usher in a new era of clean, safe energy.
S1 Ep6
7.8
13th Dec 2015
Earth is facing the devastating loss of a vital resource: clean water. Now, innovators across the globe are seeking solutions in emergent technologies to prevent a planet-wide water crisis.