Event Review: The Royal Society – Remaking ourselves
What does it mean to be human? Have you ever questioned the meaning of self or humanity? Dr Yee Yen Goh reviews the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar 2022 award lecture, given by Dr Philip Ball...
What does it mean to be human? Have you ever questioned the meaning of self or humanity? Dr Yee Yen Goh reviews the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar 2022 award lecture, given by Dr Philip Ball...
This short, illustrated children's book follows the story of a child's life from where she started – her mums' hearts. Through adventures, friendship and love, her parents learned a bigger way to think about family...
The slow newsroom at Tortoise brings us a podcast about Spanish celebrity Ana Obregón, who, at the age of 68, had a child via surrogate, using a donor egg and the sperm of her deceased son...
Here, Dr Alexander Ware reviews two podcasts addressing recent advances in the generation of stem-cell-based embryo models, with the hope of finding out what makes an embryo an embryo...
This podcast episode is a timely look back at the Human Genome Project, including interviews with the UK's top geneticists...
by Hannah Flynn
The latest Channel 4 documentary on reproductive health fails to apply scientific rigour or appropriate sensitivity to discussion around male fertility, favouring sensationalism and laddish humour over exploration of what is needed for genuine change...
by Jake Knox
Through a series of video installations, this Wellcome Collection exhibition delves into the complexities of race and identity in the modern era of avatars, videogames, and DNA ancestry...
Luke Steventon reviews a radio programme about mitochondria, which are described as producing energy production levels of '30 million volts per metre – like a bolt of lightning'...
On the 70th anniversary of the publication of the seminal papers detailing the DNA double helix, we have new insight into the discovery of DNA's structure. Three experts are interviewed in this BBC Inside Science podcast...
Dead Ringers is a psychological thriller drama television series on Amazon Prime Video. Dr Lange reviews the pilot episode for BioNews...
BioNews, published by the Progress Educational Trust (PET), provides news and comment on genetics, assisted conception, embryo/stem cell research and related areas.