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Science Friction

Artificial Intelligence has suddenly gone from the fringes of science to being everywhere. So how di

Episodes

Total: 250

Hacks turned quacks!

2020/11/8

Two seasoned journalists pick up stethoscopes to become doctors...in the middle of a global pandemi

How do you climb inside the mind of someone who commits an evil act?

The showdown between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is on. Why are many scientists angry, frightened, a

The long haul of 'long COVID'. Are we facing another global pandemic...this one silent, confusing,

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

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

When Jade was 21, she was charmed by a wellness influencer. Then she got a big shock.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Kathrin's friends have been sending her a range of wild theories

Two families, two posts...and two stories of how seemingly benign shares on social media can turn b

A vaccine arms race is on to get us out of this pandemic, but could we all lose out if we don’t do

Even big diseases start small...PATIENT ZERO is a new podcast that tells the stories of disease out

When Whanganui River in New Zealand was declared a legal person, Maori scientists knew exactly what

The In/justices of A.I

2020/8/23

The algorithms are out to get you and to protect you. Meet the directors of two films that will sho

Seventy-six women and a boatload of spin and soul-searching on the way to Antarctica. What happened

How much did Einstein’s first wife contribute to his work? Mileva's supporters and skeptics go head

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

COVID-19 is a pandemic of medical misinformation. But could it also provoke a revolt in ivory tower

Artist A.G. survived. Now the fossil fuel industry is in the cross-hairs. Correction: The President

A giant energy company is being sued. Now it speaks. So does the scientist who's become a thorn in

In this playground of adventurers and mountain home to Peruvians, they don't know if or when it wil