Naked Science

Episode 1

Moon Mysteries

Sun, Jan 15, 2006 50 mins

Episode 2

What's Sexy

Mon, Feb 13, 2006 50 mins

Episode 3

Death of the Sun

Mon, Mar 20, 2006 50 mins

Episode 4

Big Freeze

Wed, Mar 29, 2006 50 mins

Episode 5

Roman Technology Investigated

Wed, Apr 26, 2006 44 mins

This "Roman Tech" episode illustrates a myriad of innovations the Romans developed before us: bikinis, strengthened concrete, sports arenas, central heating, window glass, double-paned windows, bathrooms, aqueducts providing clean tap water for a million citizens, sophisticated road systems, multi-story block apartments, surgical instruments, anesthetics and high-tech medical facilities.

Episode 6

Lightning Strike Investigated

Wed, May 24, 2006 45 mins

Faster than a speeding bullet, six times hotter than the surface of the sun, it can turn sand to glass, and lasts less than a fraction of a second. Lightning strikes our planet up to eight million times every day. It is one of nature's most well observed events but also one of the most mysterious. To unlock its secrets, Naked Science follows a lightning bolt on its incredible journey from outer space to deep inside the human body. Australia's own Darwin is host to some of the most violent lightning storms on earth. Venture into the heart of a monster storm cloud to observe the mysterious forces that trigger a lightning bolt. Dramatic new research and shocking experiments reveal lightning is one of the strangest, most destructive and important phenomena on Earth.

Episode 7

The Deep

Wed, Jun 28, 2006 44 mins

Episode 8

Explosive Force

Wed, Jul 5, 2006 44 mins

Episode 9

Pyramids

Wed, Jul 12, 2006 50 mins

Episode 10

Colliding Continents

Wed, Jul 19, 2006 50 mins

The history and a projection of the future of the Earth's land masses caused by continental drift is explain by the theory of plate tectonics.

Episode 11

Birth of the Universe

Wed, Sep 6, 2006 50 mins

Episode 12

Freeze Me

Wed, Sep 20, 2006 50 mins

Episode 13

Forensics Under Fire

Thu, Oct 12, 2006 50 mins

We all know forensics makes good TV-but does it make good science? Stricter legal standards, combined with the advent of DNA analysis, have exposed the shaky scientific foundations of a number of forensic techniques. NGC takes a hard look at some of the most venerable forensic disciplines, fire investigation and firearms analysis, and asks whether the methods that make such good TV also make good science.

Episode 14

Ancient Asteroid

Sat, Oct 21, 2006 50 mins

Episode 15

Extinction

Thu, Nov 2, 2006 50 mins

Episode 16

Deadliest Planets

Wed, Dec 6, 2006 44 mins

Episode 17

Was Darwin Wrong?

Thu, Dec 7, 2006 50 mins