Science Friction - Abc Rn

A storm strikes from space, with little warning, and electrifying impact. Put away your umbrella, it won't help one iota.

Born just months after the Tiananmen massacre, Yangyang Cheng grew up in the shadow of those shocking events. Now this young particle physicist has found a potent voice - her own - on history, human rights, science, and freedom.

Brant Guichard has heard The Music for as long as he can remember.

A musician gives up the rock n' roll dream for number theory, and a glimpse of the infinite.

Meet three homosapiens who are passionate about preserving the future of other species.

Wall Street Journal journalist Preetika Rana has unearthed extraordinary new information about the Chinese scientist who created the world's first gene-edited babies.

Palestinian-American cartoonist and illustrator Marguerite Dabaie thought she understood her ancestry. But then she had a genetic test and things got messy. It’s not her DNA, it’s the technology. 

Pull on your black t-shirt or spandex. Turn up the volume. A heavy metal loving professor with guitar in arms and physics in his soul. [From the archive]

Are science and politics alien to each other? From climate change to coal mines, are scientists cutting through in policy debates?

In pursuit of a predator. A sting operation. A black list. Big law suits. Is this the biggest threat to science since the Inquisition?

Nuclear fission. That Nobel Prize. The Nazis. Lise Meitner's story has it all and more.

How much did Einstein’s first wife contribute to his work? Mileva's supporters and skeptics go head to head over the evidence in Part 2 of this Science Friction series.

Who was Einstein’s first wife? Muse or collaborator? The plot thickens. The battlelines are drawn.

Genetic profiling of persecuted Muslim people in China. Forensic investigators using popular ancestry services to solve crimes. Who owns your DNA? And who protects your privacy? Think before you spit.

One-on-one, casual hook ups, group sex parties...the illicit drug Ice is being used to enhance sex. Is there a fine line between pleasure and pain?

The sexbots are coming. How will it change our sex lives - for better and worse?

A young ornithologist. A Nazi expedition to Tibet. A Faustian pact in the name of science, but at what cost? This story gets very weird, very fast. But the animals are watching.

From artificial baby bags for preemies to 3D printed ovaries – the future of the uterus is here.

Lolita had one of the world's first uterus transplants - then what happened?

Who needs to get pregnant anymore when you can use a baby pouch? FullLife has the product for you. The sci fi imaginings of Helen Sedgewick. Utopia or the ultimate dystopia? A Science Friction mini-series that takes a womb's eye view of the future of reproduction.