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developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by Kat Arney, on 27 January 2022
New techniques that have been developed in the last five, ten years have relaunched conversations about the same things that the eugenicists were talking about in the late 19th and ...Posted by Kat Arney, on 13 January 2022
Discover the maths behind some of the deepest mysteries of life, from the patterning of stripes on a zebra to the spots on a leopard, and even the bones in ...Posted by Kat Arney, on 2 December 2021
We explore how genetic variations might affect our chances in life, and what - if anything - we should do with this information.Posted by Kat Arney, on 18 November 2021
We find out how studying tumours across the animal kingdom, from naked mole rats to elephants, can reveal insights into cancer in our own species.Posted by Kat Arney, on 10 November 2021
Hormones: The Inside Story, the podcast uncovering the science and the stories about hormones and health, is back for a second series.Posted by Kat Arney, on 4 November 2021
We're getting in harmony with the science of music. Is there a music gene? Does musical talent really run in families? And how does the inability to perceive music impact ...Posted by Kat Arney, on 21 October 2021
We look back on some of the most mind-blowing stories from the world of genetics in 2021, from Borgs to duck-billed platypuses.Posted by Kat Arney, on 7 October 2021
We explore the science behind one of the most remarkable but often overlooked organs in the mammalian body: the placenta.Posted by Kat Arney, on 23 September 2021
We take a look at how we learned to read the book of life, from the earliest days of DNA sequencing to the very latest futuristic technologies.Posted by Kat Arney, on 9 September 2021
We drop in on the Robinson Crusoe islanders to learn about their story and discover what their genes can teach us about speech and language development.