S1 E1: Can We Control Clouds?
What makes clouds actually move and do we have any control over it?
28 minutes
The Answer To (Almost) Everything
What would we be without mucus? Can we live on water? How much does life weigh? Finding out the answers is the aim of this science show.
S1 E2: Can We Dig Through the Globe?
As children, we all wondered if we could dig our way through the Earth. If we started digging in Paris and kept going downwards, we'd end up in the ocean after 12,700 kilometers, just off the coast of New Zealand. But it's not that simple.
27 minutes
S1 E3: Can We Live On the Moon?
The moon was thought to be a closed chapter. So why, 50 years after the last astronaut left Earth's natural satellite, is there a new rush to the moon?
24 minutes
S1 E4: Are We Too Many?
How many people can the Earth actually sustain? And if there really are too many of us - which of us is actually too many?
26 minutes
S1 E5: How Strongly Does Our Mother Tongue Shape Us?
We think in words. We usually do this in our native language. It allows us to put the world around us into words. But languages differ. The toolbox they provide can be completely different.
27 minutes
S1 E6: Do We Need Corruption?
Whether it's buying the rights to host football world championships or bribing politicians: corruption works well until someone finds out about it.
26 minutes
S1 E7: Do We Need More Stress?
Stress and we humans clearly don't have a love affair: In fact, 85% of us would prefer to have nothing to do with it at all.
29 minutes
S1 E8: Who Is Stealing Our Sand?
Whether it's a cell phone, glass, or underwear, sand is everywhere. Without it, there would be no houses, no roads. "Without sand, we would be lost," emphasizes environmental scientist Pascal Peduzzi.
29 minutes
S1 E9: Do Dogs Really Love Us?
Anyone who owns a dog is convinced: the relationship between dog and human is something unique. A close, unbreakable bond, perhaps even love.
26 minutes
S1 E10: What Power Do Smells Have?
Many people don't consider their sense of smell particularly important. In fact, 25 percent of students surveyed would rather lose their sense of smell than their smartphone.
28 minutes
S1 E11: Who Owns the Ocean?
Who actually owns the sea? For centuries it was regulated like this: As far as a cannonball flew - that's how much sea belonged to one's own country.
27 minutes
S1 E12: Is Mankind Evil?
Humans lie, cheat, and wage war mercilessly. Sometimes it seems as if evil is inherently human. On the other hand, people can be good, love, and even make peace with their enemies. Which side of us is stronger?
24 minutes
S1 E13: Can Animals Sense Beauty?
Sometimes nature appears to us humans like a gigantic catwalk, showcasing its full beauty. Is what we perceive as beauty in the animal kingdom "merely" a result of natural selection in reproduction?
22 minutes
S1 E14: What Is Fantasy For?
In our minds, we often see and experience things that have little to do with reality. We spend a large part of our waking hours daydreaming. But imagination also plays a crucial role in focused thinking.
26 minutes
S1 E15: Are We Sinking Into the Sea?
Who doesn't love the beach and the endless expanse of the sea - but will that very thing soon become a danger? It's a fact that climate change is causing sea levels to rise, but not all coastlines are affected equally.
28 minutes
S1 E16: Does Everyone Have a Doppelganger?
New doppelgangers are constantly being discovered; people who look eerily similar to each other...without being related.
27 minutes
S1 E17: Can Algorithms Make Us Healthy?
Our bodies contain a wealth of data: in our DNA, RNA, proteins, metabolism, and microbiome. If we could precisely read and analyze this data, we would be able to detect diseases much earlier than before.
24 minutes
S1 E18: What is Funny?
Adults laugh 20 times a day, children up to 500 times. But where does humor begin and where does it end?
26 minutes
S1 E19: Will Catastrophes Make Us Better?
What if disasters don't just kill and cause suffering? What if disasters were ultimately even helpful? After all, we survived the last great ice age; many large vertebrates didn't.
25 minutes
S1 E20: Can We Outsmart Our Genes?
Whether we are fat or thin, tall or short, have blue or brown eyes, whether we are musical or not...all of this is determined by our genes. But if we can't influence our genes themselves, perhaps we can influence their regulatory mechanisms that activate or deactivate certain genes?
26 minutes
S1 E21: Will a Different Wind Soon Be Blowing?
Until now, wind has been the neglected child of climate research: too difficult to measure, too variable, and with too little data from the distant past.
26 minutes
S1 E22: Will We Freeze Ourselves?
Have you ever considered putting your life on ice? To wake up only when all of today's problems have been solved? Or simply to see what the Earth will look like in a hundred years?
28 minutes
S1 E23: Why Do We Forget?
For a long time, we viewed forgetting as a weakness of the human mind. But, as neuroscientist Tomas Ryan asks, "What if forgetting isn't a flaw of the brain? What if it serves a function?"
25 minutes
S1 E24: Will We Move Onto the Water?
Whether it's liquid, a cloud, or ice: Earth - and all life on it - depends on water. Anyone who explores the central importance of water discovers an eccentric, enigmatic substance that is actually present everywhere in the universe.
28 minutes
S1 E25: What Is the Point of Penalties?
The state has an entire justice system at its disposal to prosecute wrongdoing and impose punishments. But do punishments achieve what we hope they will?
26 minutes
S1 E26: Are We Facing a Blackout?
We all depend on electricity. Our modern lives are connected to a network of copper wires. Power outages are still rare here. But our electricity system is being transformed: renewable energies are to replace the fossil fuels that have reliably supplied us until now.
26 minutes
S1 E27: What If the North Pole Becomes the South Pole?
The magnetic North Pole is moving forward faster and faster. Could the North and South Poles even swap positions? What would that mean for life on the planet and will we humans then become disoriented?
29 minutes