From eradicating disease to selecting a child's traits, gene editing gives humans the chance to hack biology. Meet the real people behind the science.

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Three-part documentary series in which anthropologist professor Alice Roberts and archaeologist Neil Oliver go in search of the Celts - one of the...

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A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.

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