Quick Connections with Alie Ward

How did the invention of photography lead us to a world where we live entirely virtually? Alie Ward will point us towards a future where we might upload ourselves to the web. (Text: Inplus)

What is the secret to eternal life? Alie Ward goes from an ancient herbal remedy to arrive at embryonic stem cells and the tantalising prospect of a future where we could be forever young. (Text: Inplus)

What could possibly link rockets and antidepressants? Are we on the cusp of having a neural switch that can control our moods? Alie Ward weaves a chain of extraordinary connections. (Text: Inplus)

Alie Ward falls through the wormholes of history into the Louisiana swamps, then journeys on to discover how poker-faced mischief and a mathematical code for winning games have brought us to machines that can invent very real faces. (Text: Inplus)

A heroic bid for freedom by an enslaved couple in 19th century America precipitates great innovation that culminates in people literally making heavens open. But can controlling the weather save us from climate catastrophe? Or are we playing god? (Text: Inplus)

From dissecting stolen corpses and peering into microscopes, the secret structure of the brain and nervous system is exposed. Could this lead to a race of superhumans? (Text: Inplus)