Breakthrough Season 2

E1: Addiction: A Psychedelic Cure?

Renegade researchers are fighting the medical establishment by exploring a controversial cure for our vices: psychedelic drugs.

E2: Cyber Terror

Inside the hidden world of hackers: “White-hat” hackers stage a risky raid on a bank; a “black-hat” ISIS recruiter organizes a terrorist attack.

E3: Curing Cancer

Using T cells taken from cancer patients and deactivated HIV virus, maverick doctors have created a stunning new therapy for a dreaded disease.

E4: Game of Drones

The military and defense industry are looking for ways to defend against a mass drone attack, and they’ll learn how at the Game of Drones competition.

E5: Predicting the Future

By finding hidden patterns in big data, computers powered by a new form of artificial intelligence can predict the future with amazing accuracy.

E6: Power to the People

The world’s electric grids are aging and vulnerable. Now, engineers are making a dangerous trek to prove there is a better way to bring power to the people.