Genetics
The Business of Genetic Ancestry. Audio, 28 minutes
Adam Rutherford investigates what a DNA test can and cannot tell us about our ancestry.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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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
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Martha: An Endling's Tale. Audio, 28 minutes
A century ago the last passenger pigeon died. What drove billions of birds to extinction?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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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.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Trick or Trust. Audio, 38 minutes
How evolutionary biology shapes policy on welfare reform, immigration and bankers' pay.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Life Scientific. Veronica van Heyningen. Audio, 28 minutes
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Veronica van Heyningen about the gene that builds the eye.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Desert Island Discs. Professor Hugh Montgomery. Audio, 43 minutes
Kirsty Young talks to intensive care specialist Prof Hugh Montgomery.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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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.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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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.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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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.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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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- Available for over a year
The Reunion. Dolly the Sheep. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue MacGregor reunites the creators of Dolly the cloned sheep.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Frontiers. 20/06/2012. Audio, 28 minutes
Geoff Watts explores new techniques in gene therapy for cystic fibrosis.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Life Scientific. Lord Robert Winston. Audio, 30 minutes
Lord Robert Winston on IVF, the House of Lords and scientists' ethical responsibilty.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Life Scientific. John Sulston. Audio, 30 minutes
Jim al-Khalili talks to biologist John Sulston.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Frontiers. 23/11/2011. Audio, 30 minutes
Antivirals. Kevin Fong looks at new techniques to cure all viral infections.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Life Scientific. Molly Stevens. Audio, 30 minutes
Jim al-Khalili talks to a scientist who grows human bones in a test tube, Molly Stevens.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Life Scientific. Paul Nurse. Audio, 30 minutes
Jim meets Paul Nurse, Nobel prize-winning geneticist and President of the Royal Society.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Series 2, Steve Jones: The Legacy of Eugenics. Audio, 15 minutes
Biologist Steve Jones reflects on the legacy of the father of eugenics, Francis Galton.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. The Origins of Infectious Disease. Audio, 42 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins of infectious disease.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Frontiers. 08/06/2011. Audio, 30 minutes
Sue Broom meets the scientists using GM technology to control animal disease.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Jukes - Bad Blood or Bad Science. Audio, 30 minutes
Steve Jones asks if people can be 'born bad"'- as was said of the infamous Jukes family.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Frontiers. Epigenetics. Audio, 30 minutes
Do our children inherit the impact of our life experiences as well as our genes?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
