Science unscripted

On the show, we honor the women of STEM - females in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. We meet a group of young women in Kenya proving that careers in science and technology are no longer just for the boys. Girls in India’s slums are coding and building smartphone apps. All that and more on this jam-packed edition of Spectrum with host Jessie Wingard.

Hacking the space-based net, how to ensure satellites don't destroy each other, a Hyperloop for India, and why "fairing" is worth caring for.

The pandemic that killed 50 million, an earthquake looms in northern India, hijacking your phone's wifi to send disaster info, and you know what's better than pesticides? Ducks are.

Wolves and humans on a confrontation course in Norway, fish doing things not even apes can manage, and in India, a disease that can be deadly in humans suddenly appears in goats.

Can chocolates, sweets and sugary snacks ever be healthy? Can eating junk food now affect your children in the future? And, Australian scientists discover a new population of the world's rarest fish.

Does swearing when you’ve hurt yourself actually reduce pain? Scientists rally world leaders to take note of worrying changes in the Arctic. All that and more on this edition of Spectrum with Jessie Wingard.

Can an electronic dog nose perform better than the biological one? Also, why sweat smells, a dip into perfume and Cambodia's mine-sniffing rats.

Toxic banana production in Ecuador, growing your own vegetables at the supermarket, and the story of a piranha named "Bert" biting a man's finger (and why the man deserved it.) All that, plus a lot of health and food research, on this week's show.

How alcohol causes cancer, drugs and HIV in the 'Golden Triangle,' determining the age of a refugee, and does your phone know if you're sick?

2018 is very likely going to be the year that space tourism kicks off. We'll meet one space entrepreneur, right here in Germany. And will our kitchens be changing? We'll meet a Canadian inventor who certainly thinks so...And have you ever walked barefoot with scorpions in the middle of the Namib desert?