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The first episode of Superquark opens with a magnificent documentary from the BBC Frozen Planet series, which will take us to the edges of the Earth, to the Arctic and the Antarctic continent, the two largest and most unknown expanses of our planet. After the documentary, the opening report will scientifically examine the phenomenon of earthquakes, with models in the studio that will explain what happens in depth . And it will show a completely new reconstruction technique. But it will also explain how the Richter scale absolutely does not give an idea of ​​the different severity of earthquakes. In the studio, historical seismologist Emanuela Guidoboni. The Vittoriano, with its imposing and controversial monumentality, contains and symbolizes the troubled path that 150 years ago led to the birth of modern Italy.