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The Best Episodes of Through the Wormhole Season 5

Every episode of Through the Wormhole Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Through the Wormhole Season 5!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Through the Wormhole Season 5 Episode 1 - Is God an Alien Concept?
    7.4/10(103 votes)

    #1 - Is God an Alien Concept?

    S5:E1

    Is God worshipped in other worlds across the cosmos? How might alien deities differ from our own? Have advanced aliens discovered everything there is to know about the universe, or are they too looking for answers? The answer may lie buried on Earth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Through the Wormhole Season 5 Episode 2 - Is Luck Real?
    7.8/10(90 votes)

    #2 - Is Luck Real?

    S5:E2

    Do you make your own luck or does luck make you? We find luck, good and bad, in casinos, basketball courts, genetics labs and the subatomic world. It’s a journey that will radically revise your understanding of the laws of nature and the human brain.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Through the Wormhole Season 5 Episode 3 - Is Poverty Genetic?
    7.1/10(87 votes)

    #3 - Is Poverty Genetic?

    S5:E3

    Are the wealthy just born in the right place at the right time? Are the poor victims of a system designed to keep them down? Or do physics and biology determine who is rich and who is poor? Throughout history, distribution of wealth is governed by hidden forces: DNA, environmental stress, patterns of human migration and even the laws of thermodynamics! Nature seems to demand winners and losers in life. But does this mean greed is king, and the rich can take what they want? Or is cooperation – between microorganisms, monkeys, and humans – more essential to survival of a species?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Through the Wormhole Season 5 Episode 4 - How to Collapse a Superpower
    7.4/10(81 votes)

    #4 - How to Collapse a Superpower

    S5:E4

    With a little imagination, could a few terrorists sabotage a mighty nation? Perhaps even tear down modern civilization? The stability of the US, Europe, China, or any global power depends on high-speed digital communication. Our increasing dependence on digital devices and global interactivity may be placing us in grave danger. Scientists around the world are dealing with new threats such as body hacking, Trojan horse viruses, and brain-damaging Internet addiction. But what if the ultimate threat isn’t an attack on technology, but the technology? Could the final superpower be the disembodied mind of the Internet itself?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Through the Wormhole Season 5 Episode 5 - Does the Ocean Think?
    7.4/10(82 votes)

    #5 - Does the Ocean Think?

    S5:E5

    There could be an undiscovered species on Earth unlike anything we’ve ever known. Not in the ocean, but the ocean itself! Its body spans thousands of miles; its heart beats with a one-thousand-year pulse. It could even have an immune system capable of annihilating all other life on earth. Just as our bodies function through the interaction of water with individual cells, including bacteria and other microorganisms, the ocean’s residents might collectively form a super-organism. A recent discovery suggests the ocean is a living being capable of thought. If so, what is the ocean thinking about us?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Through the Wormhole Season 5 Episode 6 - Is a Zombie Apocalypse Possible?
    7.3/10(79 votes)

    #6 - Is a Zombie Apocalypse Possible?

    S5:E6

    It is a nightmare that has stalked us for centuries: hordes of human beings transformed into mindless, cannibalistic monsters. Could this civilization-ending nightmare become reality? Scientists have discovered pathogens that turn insects into the walking dead. New strains of viruses are attacking humans every day. Mathematicians have calculated the likelihood of surviving a zombie virus outbreak: they’re not hopeful. Now neuroscientists are discovering how easy it is for us to lose conscious control of our bodies. Are we at risk of becoming puppets? If we were in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, would we even know it?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Through the Wormhole Season 5 Episode 7 - Is Gravity an Illusion?
    7.6/10(79 votes)

    #7 - Is Gravity an Illusion?

    S5:E7

    We feel it every moment of our lives but for physicists, gravity is the longest running unsolved mystery of the universe. Why do all objects that have mass pull on one another? Cutting-edge theories are proposing unexpected answers: Gravity could be another force in disguise, a thermodynamic mirage, or even, a shadow of a hidden holographic universe. If so, the force that holds us to the surface of the earth, and holds the earth in orbit around the sun, may be a trick of the mind. We feel it, but it may not be real. Is Gravity an Illusion?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Through the Wormhole Season 5 Episode 8 - Will We Become God?
    7.1/10(74 votes)

    #8 - Will We Become God?

    S5:E8

    Humanity’s potential seems limitless. But could we become as powerful as God? Scientific breakthroughs grant our species seemingly divine abilities. Biologists tinkering with DNA are figuring out ways to grow new life forms, while neuroscientists try to create artificial consciousness. Statisticians around the world are using big data to predict the future and computer scientists have discovered a “God algorithm” that could solve any global problem in an instant. But to truly become God, we not only have to be all knowing, but all being. Quantum physicists are figuring out how to teleport matter at the speed of light!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Through the Wormhole Season 5 Episode 9 - Is There a Shadow Universe?
    7.6/10(81 votes)

    #9 - Is There a Shadow Universe?

    S5:E9

    When we look up into the sky it appears we live in a universe that is filled with light. But scientists are now certain there is far more matter in the dark portions of our universe that we can’t see or touch. There’s something hiding in the shadows. Cosmologists agree that “dark matter” has helped shape our Universe, but now they need to figure out what dark matter is. What’s going on in this hidden world? Could it have formed its own dark stars, planets, and even life forms? Could this Shadow Universe threaten our world of light?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Through the Wormhole Season 5 Episode 10 - When Did Time Begin?
    7.8/10(85 votes)

    #10 - When Did Time Begin?

    S5:E10

    We float along the river of time. But does that river have a source? Where did time come from? Some believe time and space are one thing, and the Big Bang started the cosmic clock. Others believe the universe existed for almost half a million "years" before light could move and time began. Still others say time is older than our universe. But what if time itself is an illusion? Incredible new experiments may hold the answer. One groundbreaking experiment gives us the power to punch holes in time…and another may create a machine that operates outside time’s boundaries!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Is God an Alien Concept?" is the best rated episode of "Through the Wormhole" season 5. It scored 7.4/10 based on 103 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/5/2014. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Is Luck Real?".