24/08/2020

Science series unveils fascinating connections in the world.

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Did you know that the clouds in the sky are connected to the cloud that stores our data? And that there's a mathematical law that influences our choice of favorite music? Everything is much more interconnected than we can imagine. To investigate fascinating and complex connections between human beings, the world, and the universe, science journalist Latif Nasser presents the series "The Age of Data: The Science Behind Everything." The first season, with six episodes, is available on Netflix .

If you've ever had the feeling that you're being watched, know that this might be true. In the very first episode, "Monitoring," the journalist explores the wonderful and also frightening side of technology. Latif raises privacy issues, much discussed in recent years, and highlights new developments in facial recognition.

Solutions generated from analyzing what circulates in city sewers, nuclear weapons, and climate change are also some of the themes of the series. In the episode "Digits," the focus is on a numerical pattern that applies to classical music, social networks, the fight against tax evasion "and perhaps even the universe as a whole," he explains.

Nothing can be more insignificant than a grain of dust. But in large quantities, the particles can impact oxygen, storms, and even forests. Despite the distance of more than 5,000 km, changes that occur in the Sahara Desert can impact the Amazon Rainforest, and in the episode "Dust," Latif explains why.

Next, in the chapter "Cloud," meteorology and the emergence of weather forecasting serve as a hook to explain cloud computing and all the effort required to keep everything connected.

The journalist's curiosity and humor engage the viewer from beginning to end of the series. Despite his experience, Latif is often as surprised as the audience by the discoveries being revealed. "It's a show about the connections between us and our world, which will make you see it in a new way," he says in the series trailer. Get your popcorn ready and dive into the world of discovery!