A skeleton with a back story that's almost too bizarre to believe. What would Suzy think? [REPEAT]

A skeleton with a back story that's almost too bizarre to believe. What would Suzy think? [REPEAT]

The wild woman of Brooklyn, the Peabody bones, and science of tree climbing! [REPEAT]

Psychotherapist Maurice Temerlin called Lucy his "daughter"...but then things got weird. [REPEAT]

Psychotherapist Maurice Temerlin called Lucy his "daughter"...but then things got weird. [REPEAT]

Lucy's Story - the chimp, the poet, and the interspecies experiment that went weird [REPEAT]

Death threats. Cyber harassment. Meet three dogged scientists on a mission ...

Death threats. Cyber harassment. Meet three dogged scientists on a mission ...

Troublemakers for truth — death threats for calling out bad COVID science

Few scientists can say they saved the planet. Paul Crutzen did. Legit.

Few scientists can say they saved the planet. Paul Crutzen did. Legit.

The Anthropocene radical: the scientist who saved the world

Dark Matter sleuth. #BlackinSTEM pioneer. Particles for Justice co-founder. This incredible physicist will change your sense of the universe and your role in it.

Dark Matter sleuth. #BlackinSTEM pioneer. Particles for Justice co-founder. This incredible physicist will change your sense of the universe and your role in it.

Your right to know the universe! Chanda Prescod-Weinstein's disordered cosmos and Particles for Justice

This scientist's childhood in a cult was ... let's say ... wild. The light and dark of the path to enlightenment.

This scientist's childhood in a cult was ... let's say ... wild. The light and dark of the path to enlightenment.

I grew up in a sect — top scientist's candid story of an Orange People childhood

Pass the scalpel - taxidermy is on the menu.

Pass the scalpel - taxidermy is on the menu.

Natasha tries taxidermy: the wild, wonderful world of the museum makers

Science Friction breathes life into the bones of an ancient medical curiosity...and investigates the story of a child lost in time.

Science Friction breathes life into the bones of an ancient medical curiosity...and investigates the story of a child lost in time.

The mystery of the flute boy bones: a child lost in time

88 metres underground, in the labyrinth of chambers and corridors of the world’s large particle accelerator, art and science collide in wild and wonderful ways.

88 metres underground, in the labyrinth of chambers and corridors of the world’s large particle accelerator, art and science collide in wild and wonderful ways.

Artists on the loose at the Large Hadron Collider - Science Friction at the CERN (REPEAT)

Science Friction's latest season is: The Challenger Legacy. 

In January 1986, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated 73 seconds after lift-off. This is the story of how the tragedy unfolded, the engineers who tried to stop it — and the enduring consequences for humanity's exploration of space. 

Artificial Evolution (Season 4): Three decades ago, Dolly the Sheep became the first ever cloned mammal. Nearly 30 years later, genetic technology has reshaped the world around us. Environment reporter Peter de Kruijff explores what's changed, where we are headed, and whether we're okay with it.

Brain Rot (Season 3): How does being chronically online affect our brains? Technology reporter Ange Lavoipierre explores the wildest ways people are using tech — from falling in love with AI companions to data-dumping a life into a language model — and the big questions about our own screen use.

Cooked (Season 2): Why do some studies show ice cream is good for you? Why do some people say they feel good going carnivore, and do we really need as many electrolytes as the internet tells us? Food and nutrition scientist Dr Emma Beckett cuts through these confusing findings to explain how nutrition science works.

AI Overlords (Season 1): AI didn't come from nowhere, and its development hasn't been a smooth, straight line — it's been rife with drama, conflict and disagreement. Technology reporter James Purtill looks at where AI came from, who controls it and where it's heading.

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Science Friction's latest season is: The Challenger Legacy. In January 1986, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated 73 seconds after lift-off. This is the story of how the tragedy unfolded, the engineers who tried to stop it — and the enduring consequences for humanity's exploration of space. Artificial Evolution (Season 4): Three decades ago, Dolly the Sheep became the first ever cloned mammal. Nearly 30 years later, genetic technology has reshaped the world around us. Environment reporter Peter de Kruijff explores what's changed, where we are headed, and whether we're okay with it. Brain Rot (Season 3): How does being chronically online affect our brains? Technology reporter Ange Lavoipierre explores the wildest ways people are using tech — from falling in love with AI companions to data-dumping a life into a language model — and the big questions about our own screen use. Cooked (Season 2): Why do some studies show ice cream is good for you? Why do some people say they feel good going carnivore, and do we really need as many electrolytes as the internet tells us? Food and nutrition scientist Dr Emma Beckett cuts through these confusing findings to explain how nutrition science works. AI Overlords (Season 1): AI didn't come from nowhere, and its development hasn't been a smooth, straight line — it's been rife with drama, conflict and disagreement. Technology reporter James Purtill looks at where AI came from, who controls it and where it's heading.

Science Friction's latest season is:&nbsp;The Challenger Legacy.&nbsp;

In January 1986, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated 73 seconds after lift-off. This is the story of how the tragedy unfolded, the engineers who tried to stop it — and the enduring consequences for humanity's exploration of space.&nbsp;

Artificial Evolution (Season 4): Three decades ago, Dolly the Sheep became the first ever cloned mammal. Nearly 30 years later, genetic technology has reshaped the world around us. Environment reporter Peter de Kruijff explores what's changed, where we are headed, and whether we're okay with it.

Brain Rot (Season 3): How does being chronically online affect our brains? Technology reporter Ange Lavoipierre explores the wildest ways people are using tech — from falling in love with AI companions to data-dumping a life into a language model — and the big questions about our own screen use.

Cooked (Season 2): Why do some studies show ice cream is good for you? Why do some people say they feel good going carnivore, and do we really need as many electrolytes as the internet tells us? Food and nutrition scientist Dr Emma Beckett cuts through these confusing findings to explain how nutrition science works.

AI Overlords (Season 1): AI didn't come from nowhere, and its development hasn't been a smooth, straight line — it's been rife with drama, conflict and disagreement. Technology reporter James Purtill looks at where AI came from, who controls it and where it's heading.

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