Missing Link
'Missing Link' explores topics from nature, life sciences and technology. Each episode examines five diverse items from our universe, revealing the surprising connections between them through high-quality, humorous animated clips.
Episode 1
What is the connection between a dinosaur fossil and petroleum? How is petroleum linked to strawberries? Which link do strawberries have to satellites?
Episode 2
How is a Romanian cave related to electric cars? What does the electric car have to do with the Sahara desert? What is the connection between the desert and coral reefs?
Episode 3
Is there really a connection between our freshwater and a rollercoaster? What links the rollercoaster to the honeybee? How is the behaviour of bees related to carbon dioxide?
Episode 4
What links Mound Vesuvius to oil fields in Germany? What is the connection between petroleum and whales? How can whales have anything to do with our sleep?
Episode 5
How are dying forests connected to Leonardo da Vinci? And where is the link from Da Vinci to waste disposal? Does waste management have anything to do with snails?
Episode 6
How is freshwater related to sharks? What links the sharks with the new Airbus 380? What is the connection between an A 380 and the steam engine?
Episode 7
Why is the Stone Age related to modern plastics? And what is the connection between plastics and explosives? How are explosives connected to the Red Cross and its medical help?
Episode 8
What links commercial airships and wreck diving? Is there really a connection between ship wrecks and the Olive Fruit Fly? How are the Fruit Flies related to genetic research?
Episode 9
What is the connection between Malaria and the Panama Canal? What has the Panama Canal to do with the Roman Empire? How are the Romans linked to Space Shuttles?
Episode 10
How is a Swedish galleon related to a skyscraper? What is the link between the skyscraper and Albert Einstein? What does the shelf-life of groceries have to do with Albert Einstein's work?
