Ancient Humans & Neanderthals Had Sex, Here's How It Changed Us Forever
AdultsGeneticsHistoryHuman... We've known for a while that ancient humans got busy with Neanderthals, but how exactly did that Neanderthal DNA affect modern humans?
Late sleeper? Blame your genes.
AdultsGeneticsScience If you're not a morning person, science says you probably never will be.
Some People Are Programmed to Sleep Better Than Others
AdultsGeneticsHealth Do you have a hard time getting a good night's sleep? According to scientists, it's all in your genes.
Destroying Cancer Using Your Own Genetically Modified Cells
AdultsGeneticsHealthScience... Scientists are taking cancer patients' immune cells and engineering them to fight cancer. How does it work?
Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food
AdultsGeneticsHealth Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded?
We Could Back Up The Entire Internet On A Gram Of DNA
AdultsGeneticsInternet CultureTechnology... Nature's code for life is stored in DNA, but what if we could code anything we wanted into DNA? Scientists are figuring out how.
We Got Our DNA Tested, Here's How It Actually Works
AdultsGeneticsHumanScience... Trace and Amy get their DNA test results, and we talk to an expert about how scientists actually get genetic information out of DNA.
Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever
AdultsBiotechnologyFutureGenetics... Designer babies, the end of diseases, genetically modified humans that never age. Outrageous things that used to be science fiction are suddenly becoming reality. The only thing we know for sure is that things will change irreversibly.
What Is Life? Is Death Real?
AdultsBiologyGeneticsLife... So what is the difference between you and a rock? This seems like an easy, even stupid question. But even the smartest people on earth have no idea where to draw the line between living and dead things.
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's unsung hero - Claudio L. Guerra
AdultsGeneticsHistoryHuman... The discovery of the structure of DNA was one of the most important scientific achievements in human history.
How the choices you make can affect your genes
AdultsBiologyGeneticsHuman... Here's a conundrum: Identical twins originate from the same DNA ... so how can they turn out so different - even in traits that have a significant genetic component?
We Can Now Edit Our DNA. But Let's Do it Wisely
AdultsBiologyGeneticsScience... Geneticist Jennifer Doudna co-invented a groundbreaking new technology for editing genes, called CRISPR-Cas9. The tool allows scientists to make precise edits to DNA strands, which could lead to treatments for genetic diseases.
Why do babies' eyes change color?
AdultsGeneticsHuman A weekly show where we endeavor to answer one of your big questions. This week, doxysrkx asks, "Why are babies born with blue eyes?"
Could We Clone Ourselves?
AdultsGeneticsHumanScience... Is the science of Orphan Black realistic? Could we clone humans, or engineer them to have customized traits? We take a look at today's genetic engineering technologies to find out if designer babies and human cloning is, or should be, a reality.