Science unscripted

"Careful, he's Chinese." It was a throwaway comment whispered in a German pedestrian zone. But it joins a global chorus, and it raises an ugly thought: Has the coronavirus made us more racist? And if so, what's the vaccine?

Feeling cynical? Then come slip into the ‘u-shaped’ trough that represents human happiness over an average lifetime. The good news? You can clamber right back out — with the right tools.

What do you get when you mix three DW test subjects, a Dutch researcher and a few thousand music clips? A noisy recreation of a newly published study.

Is there anything you'd like to change about the way you're living life? If we're honest with ourselves, the answer to that question is yes. But it's the actually doing something about that can be tricky. Why?

Cyborgs are real, they're here already, and we'd love to introduce you to them. Also, if you like forensic crime shows, you're going to love the lab we visit in this week's show.

Our boiling hot planetary neighbor, Venus, might have once been similar to Earth. So are we headed toward a similar catastrophe? Also, how to be happy – regardless of what’s happening in the world around you.

Is this really the place to look back at gravitational waves, AI and gene editing advancements? No, it isn't. Instead, we choose the science that made us think and laugh. It involves sex, odd noises, cats — and mediocre singing.

Want to give the perfect gift, but also receive it? There's some surprisingly rich science on the subject that'll save you money and guilt. Also why we end up despising certain Christmas songs, and the future of shopping.

Ever wondered what Sci-Fi movies have to do with AI and robots in real life? Or how AI affects racial bias in health? Join us for another edition of our roving science game show and find out. This time we're at an AI boot camp in Berlin. The New Peers Review is a co-production by DW and the University of Strathclyde, Scotland.

The roving science game show returns to challenge two brave neuroscientists at King's College London. We venture beyond accepted fact to ask whether AI really helps, and whether there's a future in cannabinoids to help people with dementia. A co-production by DW and the University of Strathclyde, Scotland.