Mad Science in Star Trek: Khan, Bashir and the Eugenics Wars

This week on Journey Through Sci-Fi , we head into the Star Trek universe to explore one of its most enduring mad science taboos: genetic engineering. From Space Seed and the rise of Khan to Enterprise's Augments arc and Deep Space Nine's shocking Bashir reveal, we trace how Star Trek keeps returning to the dangers of trying to "improve" humanity. Along the way, we get into the Eugenics Wars,…