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6. Water Apocalypse
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.
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Breakthrough is a documentary TV series that premiered on National Geographic on November 1, 2015. It has 2 seasons and 12 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 2 Episode 6 "Power to the People", aired on June 6, 2017.
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.
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12 episodes · 2 seasons
2015 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 10 years ago
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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.
E5
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.
E4
New discoveries may help us slow or even turn back our biological clocks.
E3
Using powerful new technologies, scientists are seeking solutions to a variety of mental illnesses by exploring unmapped facets of the human brain.
E2
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.
E1
Viral outbreaks can become deadly pandemics in a matter of days. To prevent catastrophe, courageous scientists are fighting back with new treatments and vaccines.
2017 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 9 years ago
E6
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.
E5
By finding hidden patterns in big data, computers powered by a new form of artificial intelligence can predict the future with amazing accuracy.
E4
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.
E3
Using T cells taken from cancer patients and deactivated HIV virus, maverick doctors have created a stunning new therapy for a dreaded disease.
E2
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.
E1
Renegade researchers are fighting the medical establishment by exploring a controversial cure for our vices: psychedelic drugs.
Created by Ron Howard
Breakthrough has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on June 6, 2017.
The most recent episode of Breakthrough, Season 2 Episode 6 "Power to the People", aired on June 6, 2017.
Breakthrough has 2 seasons with 12 episodes in total.
Breakthrough first aired on National Geographic on November 1, 2015.
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