Piero Angela
Director
Superquark+ (2019)
Season 1
Superquark+, Piero Angela's scientific dissemination program, created by RaiPlay in collaboration with RaiUno.
Released Dec. 22, 2019
Episode 42 min
None+
S1E1 - La vista
The eye is a perfect machine, the result of millions of years of evolution. But also a mechanism that can be deceived, as with optical illusions, or defective, as in color blindness. Increasingly refined visual machines are capable not only of seeing, but also of interpreting images and recognizing human faces and gestures.
Dec. 22, 2019, midnight
S1E2 - Il sonno
What are the sleep phases and how do they work? What does it mean to sleepwalk? How does a sleeping pill work? How to improve the quality of our rest? Sleeping is a biological need. Sleep is not just a period of inactivity, it is a time when fundamental things happen in the brain. This is why when we sleep poorly we function less well.
Dec. 22, 2019, midnight
S1E3 - La memoria
Memory is the basis of learning, but it is also a still mysterious universe. How big is human memory? And what means do we have to increase our ability to remember? The ability that the brain has to simulate the future thanks to memory and how much we can trust what we seem to remember.
Dec. 22, 2019, midnight
S1E4 - Lo sport
The physical structures of athletes. The forces that come into play during a pole vault. Digital technologies used in sport, where data is becoming increasingly important to improve athletes' performance. The scientific aspects of sport.
Dec. 22, 2019, midnight
S1E5 - Il freddo
What is cold? How do frozen embryos survive months? And could the same be done for an entire human being? A journey through low temperatures and their effects. And the cases of children who remained in freezing water, without breathing for almost half an hour, and then returned to live normally, which made researchers discover many things about the mechanism of cold.
Dec. 22, 2019, midnight
S1E6 - Le diete
Nourishment is one of the central aspects of life: our body is constantly destroyed and rebuilt through food. But not all diets are the same, and some are even false. Controlling your body weight and calorie count may not be easy or sufficient. The topic is explored from multiple points of view to better understand the mechanisms that lead us to eat the right quantity and quality of food.
Dec. 22, 2019, midnight
S1E7 - Vita extraterrestre
Are we alone in the universe? It is one of man's oldest questions and today the search for life on planets other than ours is an activity that engages scientists all over the world. What are the methods of this research? What might life forms on planets with characteristics different from Earth look like? How many planets could host life?
Dec. 22, 2019, midnight
S1E8 - Il gioco
The educational function of the game, but also its negative aspects and gambling addiction. The mechanisms of gambling unmasked by statistics. The world of videogames: how they are born and how they are developed.
Dec. 22, 2019, midnight
S1E9 - L'amore
What can science tell us about love? From falling in love and the chemical storms of our brain, to love between young people in the age of social networks and falling in love in the animal world. The scientific aspects of a mechanism that underlies the continuation of each species.
Dec. 22, 2019, midnight
S1E10 - L'acqua
What is happening to the oceans? And how much will they rise due to climate change? A journey into the fundamental element for life on Earth, which is also our main food. Everything that happens in our body needs this liquid. However, there isn't a lot of fresh water on Earth, and producing more isn't easy.
Dec. 22, 2019, midnight
Network: RaiPlay
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 710 min.
Released: Dec. 22, 2019
Last Air Date: Jan. 10, 2023, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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