Infographics and archival footage deliver bite-size history lessons on scientific breakthroughs, social movements and world-changing discoveries.
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Netflix
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- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes aired
- 20
- Latest aired
- S02E01
- Total runtime
- 7h 27min
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 May 2020 10 episodes
- the show was away for 2 years and 3 months
- Season 2 August 2022 10 episodes
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S01E01 Fast Food
May 22 · 22min find the promo
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Cheap, quick and tasty, fast food became a culinary craze in the 1950s. But has our quest for convenience created an irreversible health crisis?
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S01E02 The Space Race
May 22 · 23min find the promo
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Fifteen international agencies spend $62 billion every year on space travel. What's fueling our costly — and dangerous — drive to explore the universe?
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S01E03 The Rise of China
May 22 · 23min find the promo
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In the 21st century, China has become a global economic powerhouse. Why was the rest of the world so slow to notice its rise to the top?
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S01E04 Plastics
May 22 · 21min find the promo
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Plastics have transformed how we live, but progress comes at a high price: 7.8 billion tons of waste. Are plastics a miracle or a catastrophe?
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S01E05 Oil and the Middle East
May 22 · 22min find the promo
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Oil has brought great wealth to the Middle East and ignited major wars. Is it a blessing or a curse for the region, as well as the rest of the world?
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S01E06 Robots
May 22 · 22min find the promo
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We share the planet with an estimated 9 million robots, from self-driving cars to surgical arms. Could they one day completely replace humans?
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S01E07 Feminism
May 22 · 24min find the promo
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Feminism has ushered in sweeping changes to society, securing rights for women around the world. How much further do we have to go?
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S01E08 Nuclear Power
May 22 · 22min find the promo
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Over 10% of the world's electricity comes from nuclear power. But with radioactive waste and the threat of nuclear meltdown, are we playing with fire?
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S01E09 AIDS
May 22 · 22min find the promo
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Nearly 40 million people are living with HIV. After decades of research and activism, how far have we come in finding a cure and battling the stigma?
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S01E10 Genetics
May 22 · 21min find the promo
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DNA analysis has given us the tools to map disease, solve crimes and more. But in our rush to decode DNA, are we leaping before we look?