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In Your DNA - The Evolutionary Journey of your Genome Our evolutionary heritage shared with primates, fish and even bugs is written in our DNA. These 3 billion letters of our 'book of life' were written by evolution over millions, if not billions, of years and are still revealing many surprises.

Oxfor Scibar Branch of the British Science Association, monthly science in a pub podcast.

Where do aliens live? We have yet to discover other life in our galaxy, but we have a good idea where it might be! Join us to hear astrophysicists Grant Miller and Chris Lintott(BBC Sky At Night) from the citizen science project Zooniverse to discuss exoplanets and their potential habitability.

Around half of people diagnosed with cancer die of the disease, and despite the enormous advances made over recent decades surgery remains the most effective treatment. Prof Colin Goding discusses what the barriers are to effective anti-cancer treatment and how these can be overcome.

Aging is merely a disease -- and a curable one at that, argues Dr. Aubrey de Grey. His comprehensive plan for rejuvenation therapy breaks aging down into seven major classes and identifies detailed approaches to addressing each one. In this talk, Dr. de Grey will explain why therapies that can add 30 healthy years to the remaining lifespan of typical 60-year-olds may well arrive within the next few decades. Dr. Aubrey de Grey is the Chief Science Officer of SENS Foundation, a biomedical research charity, based in the US and UK, that aims to develop, promote, and ensure widespread access to rejuvenation biotechnologies that address the diseases and disabilities of ageing.