Genetics
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- Posted8 June 2017
Discovery. Re-engineering Life. Audio, 27 minutes
Roland Pease meets the engineers and biologists hacking life's circuits
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- Posted2 May 2017
The Life Scientific. Ann Clarke on The Frozen Ark. Audio, 28 minutes
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Dr Ann Clarke about preserving global animal DNA in The Frozen Ark
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- Posted24 March 2017
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- Posted14 March 2017
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- Posted1 March 2017
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- Posted1 March 2017
The Life Scientific. Alison Woollard on what she has learnt from mutant worms. Audio, 28 minutes
Geneticist Alison Wollard explains her enthusiasm for a tiny nematode worm.
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Science In Action. Making Metallic Hydrogen. Audio, 27 minutes
It’s taken 80 years, but metallic hydrogen has finally been made in the lab
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Science Stories. Jumping Genes. Audio, 28 minutes
Philip Ball tells the story of US geneticist and 1983 Nobel prize-winner Barbara McLintock
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The History of Secrecy. Family Secrets. Audio, 15 minutes
Is secrecy within the family harmful, or can it offer a necessary form of protection?
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The Life Scientific. Ian Wilmut on Dolly the sheep. Audio, 28 minutes
Jim Al-Khalili talks cloning with the creator of Dolly the sheep, Ian Wilmut.
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The Life Scientific. Venki Ramakrishnan on ribosomes. Audio, 28 minutes
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Nobel Prize-winner Venki Ramakrishnan.
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Discovery. Life Changers - Venki Ramakrishnan. Audio, 27 minutes
Kevin Fong talks to the Indian-born Nobel Laureate Professor Venki Ramakrishnan
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The Why Factor. The Y Chromosome. Audio, 18 minutes
How the Y chromosome transforms a female embryo to a male one
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Thinking Allowed. Citizenship Ceremonies; Family Ties and Genetics. Audio, 28 minutes
Laurie Taylor explores the way in which states use public rituals to create new citizens.
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The Essay. The Book that Changed Me, Sir Paul Nurse on Conjectures and Refutations. Audio, 15 minutes
Geneticist Sir Paul Nurse discusses the book Conjectures and Refutations by Karl Popper.
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The Life Scientific. Veronica van Heyningen. Audio, 28 minutes
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Veronica van Heyningen about the gene that builds the eye.
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Desert Island Discs. Professor Hugh Montgomery. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young talks to intensive care specialist Prof Hugh Montgomery.
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The Life Scientific. Jenny Graves. Audio, 28 minutes
Jim Al-Khalili talks kangaroos and the death of the Y chromosome with Prof Jenny Graves.
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The Life Scientific. Ewan Birney. Audio, 28 minutes
Ewan Birney talks to Jim Al-Khalili about deciphering the human genome and junk DNA.
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Frontiers. 05/12/2012. Audio, 28 minutes
Adam Rutherford reports on the recent discovery that much of our DNA is not useless junk.
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Frontiers. Why do women live longer than men? Audio, 28 minutes
Dr Yan Wong explores new theories on gender and ageing.
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