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Chemical World - Season 1

Series: Chemical World
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Episodes
3
Rating
NR
Year
2021
Language
English
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

About

For fifty thousand years, humans have grappled with the question - why are we here? Scientists have sought out the evidence. This is the story of how chemistry shaped our planet and gave rise to all life on earth.

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Episodes

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1. Origins

56m

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Humans have pondered our origins for 50,000 years. In seeking evidence, Scientists discovered that the essence of all life is in it's chemistry - a four billion year odyssey from the very first cells to the development of complex life and the remarkable discovery that our first common ancestor is a lot older than we ever imagined.

2. Within

54m

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The story of the cutting-edge breakthroughs that revealed the chemical building blocks of life, and how we're using this knowledge of our innermost chemistry to understand the chemistry of love and parenthood, help combat previously untreatable diseases, and reverse the inevitable declines of age

3. Human Impact

55m

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If the history of earth were condensed into 24 hours - humans would have existed for just two seconds. In that short time we've disrupted the chemical systems that sustain all life on our planet. This is the story of our chemically induced crises - and how, if we're to avoid dire consequences, chemistry must be at the core of the solutions.

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