Episode 1: Brooklyn

Many women face a choice between career advancement or motherhood. But emerging fertility technologies could allow women to have it all.

New York’s skyscrapers soar above a century-old steam network that still warms the city. While the rest of the world moved to hot water, Manhattanites still buy steam by the megapound.

China builds towers in a park, while America, and nearly everyone else, builds squat mid-rise blocks. The difference comes down to regulation, not culture.