Episode 1 - A Spontaneous Moment
Is it possible to engineer cyanobacteria to make their own energy rather than capture it from the sun?
Is it probable to use cells to make hydrogen for alternate energy?
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The hunt for alternative energy sources – proceed with caution.
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Episode 2 - Dust in the Wind
Is it possible to design a virus to attack bacteria and stop an infection?
Is it probable that two different bacteria would infect and establish a syntrophic relationship in a host?
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Nanotechnology and environmental risk.
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Episode 3 - Strangers in the Night
Is it possible to boost the immune system’s ability to fight disease with interferon?
Is it probable that addiction can be “removed?”
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Guidelines for ethical research involving humans.
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Episode 4 - I Dream of Genomes
Is it possible for the immune system to kill the person it is supposed to protect?
Is it probable that blocking the dopamine pathway in the brain can stop addiction?
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Genes and behaviour: There but for the grace of genes…
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Episode 5 - The God of Commerce
Is it possible to identify a person’s ethnic origin by his or her mitochondrial DNA?
Is it probable that a donated organ can harbor a deadly virus?
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Genomes, ancestry and ethnicity.
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Episode 6 – Phantoms
Is it possible for pollutants to be trapped in glaciers?
Is it probable to cure phantom limb pain by using hypnosis?
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Tackling the global disease burden: science, fairness and affordability.
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Episode 7 - One Hand Washes the Other
Is it possible to catch a fatal disease by being near plants?
Is it possible for lightning to cause two different bacteria to transfer their genes to each other?
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Human influences on the spread of infectious diseases.
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Episode 8 – Sleepers
Is it possible to never develop immunity to a disease like glanders?
Is it possible to build a virus?
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Biological weapons: protocols, policies and preparedness.
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Episode 9 - Let It Burn
Is it possible for anthrax bacteria to survive 60 years in the woods?
Is it possible to rebuild optic nerves?
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Balancing risks and benefits in dual-use life sciences research.
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Episode 10 – Unbearable
Is virgin birth possible?
Is it possible for diseases to “jump” species and spread from animals, like bears, to humans?
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Science and religion: facts, meaning and mystery.
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Episode 11 – Adrift
Is it possible to go mad by inhaling fungus?
Is it possible to catch Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever from dead bodies?
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The power of nature.
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Episode 12 - Jacobson's Organ
Is it possible for botfly larvae to be transported by other insects?
Is it possible to engineer bacteria to form biofilms on computer chips?
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Science in the digital age.
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Episode 13 - Back to the Future
Is it possible to “awaken” Jacobson’s organ?
Is it possible to harvest human stem cells from adult brains?
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Therapy or enhancement? The transhuman condition.
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