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Breakthrough Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2017 - 2017
Episode 1
Addiction: A Psychedelic Cure?
Tue, May 2, 201747 mins
Renegade researchers explore a controversial cure for vices: psychedelic drugs.
Episode 2
Cyber Terror
Sun, Jan 25, 202647 mins
A look inside the shadowy world of hackers, where good battles evil, with the security of the world at stake. Cyberterror follows "white-hat" hackers on a high risk mission to sneak inside and compromise bank computers, and a "black-hat" ISIS hacker trying to recruit suicide bombers to attack a belived tourist destination.
Episode 3
Curing Cancer
Sun, Jan 25, 202654 mins
Season one of BREAKTHROUGH, was hailed by critics as "ambitious," "innovative," "inspiring" and "fascinating." Season two of the critically acclaimed series from National Geographic, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment and Asylum Entertainment, once again shines a light on groundbreaking advancements that will shape our future. The episode, ATTACK OF THE KILLER T-CELLS, follows the radical work of doctors and researchers who have pioneered breakthrough therapies to stop our bodies from destroying themselves. As if transplanted from science fiction, one such therapy harnesses HIV -- one of the most deadly viruses known to humans -- in order to reprogram human immune systems to hunt and kill cancer within the body. By hijacking an inactive HIV infection, it can deliver new genetic properties into a patient's own T-Cells. These supercharged T-Cells aggressively target cancer cells, with often amazing results. Director Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home At Night, Bad Batch) follows two approaches in rapid development. The research of Dr. Carl June at the University of Pennsylvania enables clinicians to modify a patient's own T-Cells. Meanwhile in France, Dr. Andre Choulika of Cellectis Pharmaceuticals is developing an off-the-shelf, universal T-Cell therapy that could lead to an affordable treatment. It is a parallel race facing nearly monumental obstacles, but moving toward one common goal: the most significant scientific revolution in medical history.
Episode 4
Game of Drones
Sun, Jan 25, 202647 mins
The military and defense industry are looking for ways to defend against drone attacks. Teams from around the world compete in a government sponsored challenge to safely bring down drones using a variety of technologies.
Episode 5
Predicting the Future
Sun, Jan 25, 202647 mins
One of mankind's oldest fantasies is having the ability to see into the future. Once, we looked to seers like Nostradamus; now we look to statisticians like Nate Silver, editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight. Silver relies on data and a solid knowledge of probability - knowledge he gained from years of playing poker. But he may be the last of his breed. Increasingly, when we want to see the future, we turn to big data and computers powered by a new form of artificial intelligence called Deep Learning Neural Networks. This technology is quietly, but quickly, transforming how we live, work and think. To Bill Lapenta, the director of NOAA's nine weather prediction centers, it's a revolutionary tool in the never-ending quest to accurately forecast the weather. For Rutgers University professor Joel Caplan and the Atlantic City Police Department, it's the power behind "predictive policing" software that anticipates what areas will become hot spots for crime. Deep Learning Neural Networks give Harvard University professor Pavlos Protopapas the ability to predict the path of every asteroid in space that could potentially hit the earth and wipe out the human race. But, warns Dr. Eric Siegel, for all of its potential for good, this technology can easily be turned against us, creating a world where your every move is calculated, and no mistake is forgiven.
Episode 6
Power to the People
Sun, Jan 25, 202647 mins
A team of engineers make a dangerous trek deep into the Himalayas of India to prove there is a way to bring power to the people who need it most.