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Naked Science

Season 5
Scientists and experts alike put their money where their minds are and answer sciences most provocative questions From outer space to here on Earth there is no question they wont attempt to answer
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Episodes

  1. S5 E1 - Pluto Rediscovered

    March 19, 2008
    45min
    TV-PG
    Scientists explore Pluto from its discovery in 1930 to the New Horizons spacecraft mission which arrived in 2015 Once a planet could the history and surface of this gas giant be more than meets the eye And what can it tell us about our massive universe
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  2. S5 E2 - The Rockies

    February 27, 2008
    45min
    TV-PG
    Explore the differences between the northern and southern Rockies How millions of years ago the Earth shifted to create this marvelous landscape and how these mountains have impacted the world they call home
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  3. S5 E3 - Snowball Earth

    April 7, 2008
    45min
    TV-PG
    The earth is held in a delicate balance where each plant and animal contributes to its overall climate Following new discoveries we learned that ice may have entombed Earth for hundreds of millions of years spawning the complex animals that evolved in the greenhouse heat wave that followed
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  4. S5 E4 - Our Atmosphere

    March 31, 2008
    45min
    TV-PG
    Scientists explain how the earths atmosphere came to be and how every day it continues to protect us from meteors and the suns deadly rays Meet the one man who braved the atmospheres upper reaches and survived
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  5. S5 E5 - Mars Waterworld

    May 24, 2008
    45min
    TV-PG
    This is the search for the building blocks of life on Mars using clues hidden from its past and in plain sight on its surface An attempt to prove that there was and might still well be life on the red planet
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  6. S5 E6 - Saturns Secrets

    May 24, 2008
    45min
    TV-PG
    The CassiniHuygens spacecraft has been sending images and a wealth of scientific revelations from Saturns orbit since 2004 How can we use this information to learn more about the ringed planet
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  7. S5 E7 - Asteroid Alert

    May 26, 2008
    45min
    TV-PG
    With trajectory analysis and new technology scientists work to find ways to safeguard Earth from potential threats posed by asteroids and other cosmic debrisnbsp
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