2017

S1.E1 ∙ Global Warming

Mon, Nov 13, 2017

Liquid Science follows GZA as he examines global warming. He travels around the country talking to scientists who are tackling the challenge of climate change. He looks at an underground park in New York, a robot insects built by a Harvard engineer, a hurricane simulator in Miami, and an effort to restore coral reefs.

7 /10

S1.E2 ∙ Living Forever

Mon, Nov 13, 2017

Liquid Science follows GZA as he examines the possibility of living forever. He talks to scientists who are investigating immortality. He goes to an Arizona cryonics business that freezes people after they die, visits a scientist studying a regenerating animal known as the hydra, and a group of researchers who are creating mind files.

6.7 /10

S1.E3 ∙ Virtual Reality

Mon, Nov 13, 2017

Liquid Science follows GZA as he examines the latest research into virtual reality. He travels around the country talking to scientists who are working on VR including researchers in Hollywood that are attempting to create completely immersive video, engineers at USC who are working on augmented reality, and surgeons who are using virtual reality to better prepare themselves for operations.

7.6 /10

S1.E4 ∙ Stronger, Faster

Mon, Nov 13, 2017

Liquid Science follows GZA as he examines the latest research into human superpowers. He travels around the country talking to researchers who want to use technology to enhance human beings including engineers who are working on exoskeletons, engineers who are developing prosthetic limbs, and some Silicon Valley entrepreneurs that are working on mind machine interface.

7.2 /10

S1.E5 ∙ Music's Future

Mon, Nov 13, 2017

Liquid Science follows GZA as he examines the future of music. He travels around the country talking to artists using technology to develop breakthroughs in music. He goes to Boston to talk to a professor who is using advanced software to make electronic music. He also talks to engineer who has developed a pair of musical gloves and an scientist making robotic musicians.

7.7 /10

S1.E6 ∙ Transportation

Mon, Nov 13, 2017

Liquid Science follows GZA as he examines the future of transportation. He travels around the country talking to researchers who are exploring how people in the future will get around. He talks to scientists at Virginia Tech who are trying to make cars safer. He also looks at mass transportation by cable car and hover transportation.

7.6 /10

S1.E7 ∙ Material World

Mon, Nov 13, 2017

Liquid Science follows GZA as he examines the future of construction materials. He travels around the country talking to researchers who are looking at new ways of making things. He goes to Texas and talks to researchers who are testing new materials for strength against tornadoes. He also talks to researchers investigating graphene and scientists interested in asteroid mining.

7.2 /10

S1.E8 ∙ Ocean Blues

Mon, Nov 13, 2017

Liquid Science follows GZA as he examines one of the last frontiers: the oceans. He looks at the facing the oceans and talks to scientists working to study it. He goes to the California Academy of Sciences to talk to a researcher studying ocean reefs and talks to a family of scientists who are exploring underwater areas. He also talks to engineers designing robotic fish.

6.1 /10

S1.E9 ∙ Life Beyond Earth

Mon, Nov 13, 2017

Liquid Science follows GZA as he examines the future of space exploration. He travels across the United States to talk to scientists and engineers who are probing the final frontier. He goes to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and talks to a scientist involved in a project to examine Jupiter. He also looks at unmanned robotic rovers and visits a Mars simulation research station.

7.5 /10

S1.E10 ∙ A Healthy Dose

Mon, Nov 13, 2017

Liquid Science follows GZA as he examines the future of medicine. He travels across the United States to talk to scientists and engineers who using technology to facilitate human health. He goes to Berkeley to scientists who are developing robotic surgeons and visits a start-up that is trying to give people new senses. Finally, he goes to Boston to visit a lab that is trying to grow human organs.

7.4 /10

S1.E11 ∙ Nature's Way

Mon, Nov 13, 2017

Liquid Science follows GZA as he examines what science can learn from nature. He travels across the United States to talk to scientists and engineers who using technology to mimic phenomena result already discovered by evolution. He goes to San Franscico to talk to an inventor who has developed bionic boots based on flightless birds. He also visits Dynamic Robots which is trying to simulate robotic animal motion and a lab working to develop robot swarms.

7.2 /10