SEASON
Season 4
Season 4 of VICE. The season opens with: The terrorist group Boko Haram is responsible for thousands of deaths in Nigeria. Now, the government is determined to drive these militants from the country. But is the hunt for insurgents causing as much harm as it's preventing? Former Navy SEAL and new VICE correspondent Kaj Larsen travels to Nigeria to see what this cat-and-mouse game means for the people caught in the middle of the fight. 'Unnatural Selection' - For centuries, scientists have been working to change the genetic traits of plants and animals. Now, a new gene-editing method called CRISPR has made that process astonishingly simple--so simple that it could easily be used on humans. Isobel Yeung reports from Brazil, Scotland, China, and the United States on the technological advances that could reshape evolution as we know it.
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- 1. Boko Haram & Unnatural Selection
- 2. Escape to Europe & Cycle of Terror
- 3. Right to Die
- 4. Beating Blindness & White Collar Weed
- 5. Meathooked & End of Water
- 6. Return to Yemen & Church and States
- 7. Palestine Now & Viva Cuba Libre
- 8. Afghan Women's Rights & Floating Armories
- 9. The Future of Energy
- 10. Trump in Dubai & China in Africa
- 11. The Deal & City of Lost Children
- 12. The End of Polio & Collateral Damage
- 13. State of Surveillance
- 14. Heroin Crisis & New Age of Nukes
- 15. Flint Water Crisis & Libya on the Brink
- 16. Die Trying
- 17. Student Debt & Fecal Medicine
- 18. The New $pace Race & Closing Gitmo