Superquark - Preparing for the future
A new series of episodes conceived and written by Piero Angela and dedicated to the new generations, that is, to the young people who today attend Italian schools and who one day will be responsible for the society of the future. In a simple way, try to better understand the difficulties but also the opportunities of the new world we are entering. Piero Angela, together with a team of experts, analyzes the advantages, but also the limits, of "clean" resources and the role of so-called energy cannibalism. Recognizing the urgent ecological emergency of our times, Piero Angela decided in the last period of his life to dedicate himself to the production of a series of programs to explain the problems that humanity must face, linked to climate change and the search for new sources of energy, but also the role of science and technology in modern society.
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1.Introduction
14-10-202230mPiero Angela, recognizing the urgent ecological emergency of our times, decided in the last period of his life to dedicate to the new generations, to the young people who today att...
2.The climate
21-10-202230mThe second appointment with "Preparing for the future", the Rai Cultura series conceived and written by Piero Angela and dedicated to the new generations, that is, to the young peo...
3.Clean energy
28-10-202231mHow much energy can be obtained from so-called "clean sources", i.e. those that do not generate carbon dioxide, the infamous CO2, responsible for the greenhouse effect? It is the t...
4.Wind and solar
04-11-202228mWhat stage is new research on wind and solar energy at? If on the one hand new technologies are increasingly efficient, on the other the growing need for energy forces us to contin...
5.Energy efficiency
11-11-202231mHow much energy could be recovered from waste and greater technological efficiency? Very eloquent examples of savings, for example in the insulation of buildings. How much mobile p...
6.The ecological footprint
18-11-202230mHow profound is the imprint left on the environment today. The differences between countries and between areas of the world. The increase in consumption but also in consumers, whic...
7.The new agriculture
25-11-202231mNew crops to cope with climate change. The water problem. Excessive consumption and waste: new technologies. How much water is needed to make any object. The costs of desalination.
8.The economic transition
02-12-202227mHow the economy and the environment are connected. The economy has always had to transform, following technological evolution. Today he has to do it even faster. New problems and n...
9.The scientific method
09-12-202228mWhat are the rules of research. You always have to prove what you say. Anyone who does not submit to this rule is outside of science. The long battle against pseudo-medicines and t...
10.Science and technology
16-12-202230mHow their roles intertwine. Science discovers, technology invents. Everything we see around us is the result of this dual action of research and development. Even energy resources...
11.The wealth machine
23-12-202230mHow inventions, over the last two centuries, have changed the world, increasing income, length of life, decreasing fatigue and working hours. And moving from mass illiteracy to sch...
12.The transition of companies and work
30-12-202231mTo adapt to the changing world, everyone must do their part: businesses, which must be able to compete in a rapidly changing economy; and individuals who will live in a new society...
13.Artificial intelligence
06-01-202328mThe new frontiers of artificial intelligence and its applications in every field: from medical diagnoses to self-driving cars, from robots to business management. Advanced research...
14.Public debt and productivity
13-01-202322mGetting into debt is not a bad thing, as long as you use loans to develop. Italy has a very high public debt: one solution to reduce it is to increase the country's productivity an...
15.Demography
20-01-202325mHow the sharp decline in births and the lengthening of lifespan will create situations never seen in the past in Italy. Few young people and many old people will mean a society tha...
16.Balances and imbalances
27-01-202325mAs Archimedes' principle says, if you immerse a body in a liquid, it causes a push from the bottom upwards. It is the modern principle of feedback, of retraction, much more complex...
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