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Innovation Effect
Season 2 · Episode 4
Earth History: From Chaos to Order
0.026mApril 30, 2026
Early 20th-century radiometric dating revealed the Earth's true age for the first time, showing it is over 4 billion years old, far beyond earlier estimates of only thousands of years. This breakthrough replaced earlier religious or empirical assumptions and laid the foundation for modern geology.
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