Science Friction - Abc Rn

Would you, do you, could you biohack your own body?

Two artists making the invisible visible. What does making nanoart reveal about us - gargantuas in a world of atoms? 

Power trips, field trips, money and ego. Fear, shame, embarrassment, and loss. Careers ended, creative potential truncated. A devastating cocktail. Frank and fearless ideas for change.

Bits of bear, smuggled eggs, hidden herbal ingredients — solving wild mysteries one DNA sequence at a time.

You've heard of fake news, but what about fake science? The shocking, shady world of the modern scientific marketplace. A special for ABC RN's China In Focus series featuring Ivan Oransky of Retraction Watch and guests.

No animals were killed in the making of this program. In-vitro meat, cultured meat, clean meat...whatever you call it, will it happen, and would you eat it? This episode first aired in 2017.

A mathematical gambler who's made millions. An art collector passionate about science. An atheist with a rational explanation of religion. Don’t pin me down.

The signals were weird. But was what happened afterwards even weirder?

A son and his mother with a war story like none other

The ecological pawprint of doggies, moggies and more.

Gaia. Not the goddess. It's big. Bigger than both of us. 

You won't believe your ears. A hidden herstory in the history of science.

The seduction of stem cells. What is it driving some people to try?

It can feel like a game of Russian roulette. Whose interests are being served in clinical trials for cancer drugs?  

To be human is to be creative, but what exactly makes us creative?  

MIT's Kevin Esvelt wants radical transparency for a radical new science. Why?

What happens when you go under?

If a clock ticks for 10,000 years will anybody be there to hear it? Long term thinking...come on...let's do this.

CRISPR – the new technique to manipulate genes. It's big. And so are the ethical question it raises. CRISPR's co-inventor Jennifer Doudna, a geneticist and an environmental activist on the ethics of this revolutionary technology.

Is it happening...or not?