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Innovation Effect
Season 2 · Episode 11
Parasites: The Unwanted Co-Inhabitants
0.027mJune 11, 2026
Parasites have existed for over 500 million years, mastering survival by living at the expense of others. This episode explores tiny organisms capable of causing massive epidemics and examines possible links between the deaths of Tutankhamun, George Washington, and the fall of the Roman Empire.
Episodes
- Episode 1Nanotechnology: The Superpowers of the Invisible
- Episode 2Materials: From Flint to Silicon
- Episode 3Blood Circulation: At the Heart of the Human Body
- Episode 4Earth History: From Chaos to Order
- Episode 5The Photoelectric Effect: When Light Knocks Out Electrons
- Episode 6Nuclear Fusion: When Humans Create Suns
- Episode 7The Scientific Method: The Path to Knowledge
- Episode 8Lasers: A Versatile Beam of Light
- Episode 9Time: A Fast-Forward Explanation
- Episode 10Radioactivity: Radiation to the End
- Episode 11Parasites: The Unwanted Co-Inhabitants
- Episode 12Dark Energy: The Great Unknown
- Episode 13Fossil Fuels: Blessing and Curse