Science Friction
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04 | Dead and Alive: Hype train
Jul 28, 202625 min
03 | Dead and Alive: Plucky country
Jul 21, 202625 min
02 | Dead and Alive: Quantum attack
Jul 14, 202625 min
01 | Dead and Alive: Battle for quantum supremacy
Jul 7, 202625 min
INTRODUCING — Dead and Alive
Jun 30, 20265 min
12 | Artemis Explained: What a ride
Apr 15, 202617 min
11 | Artemis Explained: Mission accomplished
Apr 11, 202617 min
10 | Artemis Explained: Countdown to splashdown
Apr 10, 202617 min
09 | Artemis Explained: Next stop, Earth
Apr 9, 202615 min
08 | Artemis Explained: Homeward bound
Apr 8, 202617 min
07 | Artemis Explained: Moon flyby success
Apr 7, 202617 min
06 | Artemis Explained: Moon joy
Apr 6, 202615 min
05 | Artemis Explained: Science in space
Apr 5, 202611 min
04 | Artemis Explained: Halfway to the Moon
Apr 4, 202616 min
03 | Artemis Explained: No turning back
Apr 3, 202613 min
02 | Artemis Explained: Lift off
Apr 2, 202614 min
01 | Artemis Explained: Before the launch
Apr 1, 202615 min
BONUS | The Challenger Legacy: Q&A
Feb 25, 202642 min
05 | The Challenger Legacy: Apollo on Steroids
Feb 17, 202630 min
04 | The Challenger Legacy: The Devil You Know
Feb 10, 202626 min
03 | The Challenger Legacy: Columbia
Feb 3, 202623 min
02 | The Challenger Legacy: Five Lepers
Jan 27, 202633 min
01 | The Challenger Legacy: Launch Fever
Jan 20, 202626 min
INTRODUCING — The Challenger Legacy
Jan 11, 2026
05 | Artificial Evolution: Gene-Edited Babies
Oct 7, 2025
04 | Artificial Evolution: Pig Parts for People?
Sep 23, 202526 min
03 | Artificial Evolution: Yuck or Yum? Gene-Edited Meat
Sep 16, 202527 min
02 | Artificial Evolution: Genetically Modified Marsupials
Sep 9, 202526 min
01 | Artificial Evolution: Cloning Goes Mainstream
Sep 2, 202526 min
INTRODUCING — Artificial Evolution
Aug 21, 2025
05 | Brain Rot: Meet the people who ditched their smartphones. Is it worth it?
Jul 1, 202525 min
04 | Brain Rot: Is internet addiction real?
Jun 24, 202525 min
03 | Brain Rot: Is tech making your memory better or worse?
Jun 17, 202527 min
02 | Brain Rot: Is AI turning us off human relationships?
Jun 10, 202525 min
01 | Brain Rot: Is there any proof your phone is destroying your attention span?
Jun 3, 202529 min
INTRODUCING — Brain Rot
May 28, 20253 min
06 | Cooked: Vitamin B3 ... and the media
Mar 5, 202525 min
05 | Cooked: Electrolytes — who needs them?
Feb 26, 202525 min
04 | Cooked: A peculiar potato experiment
Feb 19, 202525 min
03 | Cooked: Mystery in the Mediterranean
Feb 12, 2025
02 | Cooked: All-meat eaters say they feel great - but why?
Feb 5, 2025
01 | Cooked: Could ice cream actually be good for you?
Jan 29, 202525 min
00 | INTRODUCING — Cooked
Jan 28, 2025
06 | Is super-intelligent AI around the corner?
Nov 28, 202325 min
05 | The year the world woke up to AI with a bang
Nov 21, 202325 min
04 | If you control AI, you control the world
Nov 14, 202325 min
03 | The bumpy history of driverless cars and their AI brains
Nov 7, 202325 min
02 | Locked up by AI for a crime he didn't commit
Oct 31, 202325 min
01 | The day modern AI toppled humanity's champion
Oct 24, 202325 min
I for one welcome... Hello AI Overlords!
Oct 23, 20233 min