Task Force Cobra 11
Paradise 1, 21.25: Noos – Adventure of knowledge | Last episode
Documentary. The sixth and final edition of Alberto Angela’s program. Among the evening’s themes is a moment of joy shattered by a terrible threat: countless sharks attacking a newborn puppy. How to become an astronaut? Luca Parmitano answers. Then Professor Alessandro Barbero will talk about the ritual of holidays in Europe. Instead, how do planes fly? The answer will be given by chemist Ruggiero Rollini and physicist Giuliana Galati. A new weapon has emerged to fight tumors: proton therapy. Noos followed the trail of a family of ducks and discovered that animal DNA could be filtered from the air. In a final encounter with the mysteries of science, Carlo Lucarelli tells the story of two men who invented the science of profiling, the study of criminal consciousness; but they didn’t count on Eddie Kemper, a serial killer who didn’t want to be the subject of their study. Professor Emmanuele Giannini will talk about the phenomenon of pornography. Astrophysicist Edwige Pezzulli met the author of the photo of the Earth in the middle of space darkness. In the archaeological park of Campi Flegrei, a thief tore off the head of a beautiful statue of Hermes, the messenger of the gods. Evolution is not just a ladder of progress, where the next species replaces the previous one, but a beautiful tree full of branches; Philosopher Telmo Pievani will talk about this. Together with Elisabetta Bernardi, nutritionist at the University of Bari, Alberto Angela will look at the genetic transformation of what we eat. Astrophysicist Luca Perry talks about the scientific mistakes made by the Star Wars screenwriters. We will also discuss the importance of the energy transition and the brain of sapiens living 160,000 years ago. Finally, how did the letters of the alphabet come about? The voice of Paola Cortellesi will tell the story of the letter R.
