A look ahead at the cataclysmic events that could extinguish the human race.

Throughout history certain civilisations, events and objects have fascinated and inspired us, causing those involved to dig deeper and go further on a ceaseless quest to be the first to finally uncover the truth.

An examination of the Casey Anthony case. The 22-year-old Florida woman was accused of the murder of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. At trial, she was convicted of four lesser charges of providing false information to a police officer, but found not guilty of murder, child abuse and manslaughter.

The last words of the investigation report, published by Malaysian officials, thicken the plot instead of resolving it. A handful of experts still searching for the truth reexamine the facts via a critical study of the official documents to separate right from wrong, identify hypotheses and finally understand what happened during the night of 8 March 2014.