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Between 7th and 14th of octobre 2024, Nobel Prize award ceremony take place in Stockholm. Like every year, it's held on 10th December, to coincide with the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death. Tradition also dictates that the Prize laureates are announced in October. This year's laureates include Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger in Physics, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morton Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless in Chemistry, Svante Paabo in Physiology or Medicine, and Annie Ernaux in Literature. Meanwhile, the Nobel Peace Prize laureates are all being recognised for their role in documenting war crimes and human rights abuses since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February. Who was Alfred Nobel then? On what criteria are the Nobel Prizes awarded? Who chooses the laureates? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions! To listen to the latest episodes, click here: Why does Nobel disease cause some winners to promote unscientific ideas? Why did the man who invented the lobotomy win a Nobel Prize? Why are Nobel Prizes so important? A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance. First broadcast: 10/12/2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Antonio Rosas en un paleoantropólogo español, doctor en Ciencias Biológicas y director del grupo de Paleoantropologia del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid.  Ha trabajado en los yacimientos de Atapuerca, en  los yacimientos neandertales de la cueva de El Sidrón (Asturias) y colaboró en el proyecto para descifrar el ADN Neandertal (Genoma Neandertal), dirigido por el premio Nobel de Medicina 2022 Svante Paabo. En este episodio, hablamos sobre el origen de nuestra especia Homo Sapiens, su origen africano, su relación con los Neandertales, la importancia de la paleogenetica, y otros temas diversos sobre la evolución humana.  1:00 Inicios. Encuentro huesos humanos. Emiliano Aguirre. Paleobiologia 5:30 ¿Cuál es el origen del hombre actual? Arbustos evolutivos 16:00 ¿Por qué el Homo Sapiens prevalece sobre el Neandertal 23:00 Origen Africano del Homo Sapiens. La “Eva negra”. 25:00 Paleogenética. Importancia en el conocimiento de la Evolucion Humana 30:00 Genoma Neandertal. El Sidrón. Diferencias genoma Neandertal-Sapients 40:00 Svante Paabo. Premio Nobel Medicina 2022 46:30 Nuestro ADN contiene un 2% de genes Neandertales. Intercambio genético con Sapiens. 50:30 Evolucion futura de nuestra especie Sapiens. Reflexiones  55:30 Darwin y la evolución por selección natural 58:00 ¿Es compatible la existencia de Dios y la evolución biológica? 1:01:00 ¿Cómo sería la vida en otros planetas? Elucubraciones 1:04:00 Buscando fósiles en Guinea Ecuatorial 1:07:30 Momentos EUREKA 1:10:30 Libros: Sapiens y Homo Deus de Yuval Harari. Lopez Otín. 1:14:00 Mis claves de la felicidad.

This Saturday sees the 2022 Nobel Prize award ceremony take place in Stockholm. Like every year, it's held on 10th December, to coincide with the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death. Tradition also dictates that the Prize laureates are announced in October. This year's laureates include Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger in Physics, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morton Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless in Chemistry, Svante Paabo in Physiology or Medicine, and Annie Ernaux in Literature. Meanwhile, the Nobel Peace Prize laureates are all being recognised for their role in documenting war crimes and human rights abuses since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February. Who was Alfred Nobel then? On what criteria are the Nobel Prizes awarded? Who chooses the laureates? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions! To listen to the latest episodes, click here: Why was Kanye West's Twitter account suspended? How can you save money on your food bill? Why is 'permacrisis' the new dictionary word of the year? A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance. In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's December which means Spotify Wrapped was announced! If you are one of the 2,616 people that had us on your Spotify Wrapped Podcast section, tag us in your story or post for a shoutout on the show! Thanks to Maya, Em, Carly, Allison and LittleDipperPomskies, for already sharing. For those that don't follow us on social media @DNATodayPodcast, here are this year's highlights…So far this year we have produced 1,747 minutes of new content, that's nearly 30 straight hours. And it's more than 98% of other science podcasts. We are humbled by how much the podcast has grown this year, our followers on Spotify alone grew 85%. And 97% of you discovered us this year. Welcome to all our new listeners from this year! Our reach around the world has expanded now, you are listening from 75 countries! On Spotify we have a rating of 4.9 stars, and we will only keep it that way if you all give us those stars. HUGE thank you to our team for making all this happen… Corinne, Amanda, Kajal, Sanya, and Ashlyn. Shoutout to our 40+ sponsors who support the show, checkout the full list here. And most of all THANK YOU LISTENERS! You are why we put so much work into the show. We love including you on the show, so email us what you think the biggest genetics news story of 2022 has been, then you will be featured in our year wrap up episode with Dr. Eric Green. Email is info@DNAtoday.com Our guest today is Dr. Eric Green, the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Green's career has involved directing a major genomics research program and, most recently, leading NHGRI's efforts in funding genomics research. In this episode, we are discussing the top genetic and genomic news stories of 2022 including what you listeners submitted! Shoutout to Daniel, Nydia, M.SPDH, Anna, Ryan and Nykole. Throughout his career, he has authored and co-authored over 385 scientific publications. He was featured on episode #182 of DNA Today when we chatted about the Human Genome Project and the recent completion of the human genome sequence -- from telomere to telomere. As NHGRI director, Dr. Green leads the Institute's research programs and other initiatives. He has played an instrumental leadership role in developing many high-profile efforts relevant to genomics. Dr. Green received his B.S. degree in bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 1981, and his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Washington University in 1987. Coincidentally, 1987 was the same year that the word “genomics” was coined. Dr. Green's relationship with the Institute began long before his appointment as director. He served as the Institute's scientific director (2002 - 2009), chief of the NHGRI Genome Technology Branch (1996 - 2009) and founding director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (1997 - 2009). Prior to that, he played an integral role in the Human Genome Project. Dr. Green is a founding editor of the journal Genome Research (1995 - present) and a series editor of Genome Analysis: A Laboratory Manual (1994 - 1998), both published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. He is also co-editor of Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics (since 2005).On This Episode We Discuss:Completion of the human genome sequence (telomere to telomere)The Genome-sequencing arms race (Lab mergers and changers)Top genomic medicine papers of 2022Changing landscape of the genomic diagnostic ecosystemGene therapy advances including CRISPR Genome Sequencing of Acutely Ill Newborns through beginNGS2022 Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine to Svante Pääbo for sequencing Neanderthal genome What to look out for in 2023Here is a list of links to the papers and announcements we mentioned in this episode!Genomic Medicine Year in Review: 2022 (Paper)Genome.gov accomplishments in genomic medicine (includes 2019-2022 notable accomplishments)Dr. Green's tribute to Svante Paabo when he won the Nobel this year, with links to his talks at NIH.Our breakdown of Ultima's announcement and the sequencing costs developments this year.The epic T2T news, with background, links to the papers and some explainers.Based upon the success of gene therapy trials, there are new educational materials for the sickle cell community on how to navigate this new treatment option.DNA Today Episodes Referenced: Episode #169 Cytogenomics with Phase Genomics (Optimal genome Mapping) Episode #172 PhenoTips: Advances in Rare Disease Diagnosis (with Dr. Steven Kingsmore)Episode #182 Eric Green on the Complete Human Genome ProjectEpisode #183 Dr. Miga and Dr. Phillippy on the Telomere to Telomere ConsortiumEpisode #187 Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy with June Kinoshita and Rojan Kavosh (Optimal Genome Mapping)Episode #197 CRISPR Quality Control with Kiana AranEpisode #198 CRISPR Ethics with Sam Sternberg Episode #211 Jorge Contreras on The Genome DefenseBe sure to follow Dr. Green and the National Human Genome Research Institute on Twitter to stay up to date on the latest human genome research news and announcements!Stay tuned for the next new episode of DNA Today on December 16th, 2022, where we'll be discussing Preventative health through whole exome sequencing with Dahlia Attia-King of Panacea! 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U ovoj epizodi smo pričali o evoluciji ljudske vrste i srodnih grana drveta života, a sve to kroz prizmu evolucione genetike i u svetlu ovogodišnje Nobelove nagrade za fiziologiju i medicinu, koja je za "otkrića koja se tiču genoma izumrlih hominina i ljudske evolucije" dodeljena švedskom evolucionom genetičaru Svanteu Paabu. Gošća je bila prof. dr Biljana Stojković, redovna profesorka na Biološkom fakultetu.Pričali smo o tome na koji način se naučnici bave genetičkim istraživanjima evolucije čoveka, kakav je bio put otkrića srodnosti i mešanja između anatomski savremenog čoveka, neandertalaca, denisovaca i ostalih hominina, za šta je tačno dodeljena Nobelova nagrada ove godine, kako se razvijala tehnologija sekvenciranja i kako možemo na osnovu analize genetičkog materijala da zaključujemo o evoluciji čoveka (i vrsta generalno) i kakvu je ulogu u svemu tome imao Svante Paabo, kao i šta nas sve dalje čeka od neodgovorenih pitanja i zanimljivih problema u oblasti evolucione genetike čoveka. Support the show

Prof. Dr. Serhan Yarkan ve Halil Said Cankurtaran'ın yer aldığı TapirCast'in bu bölümünde, Nobel 2022'de Fizyoloji ve Tıp, Kimya ve Fizik alanlarında ödüle layık görülen çalışmalar ve bilim insanları üzerine konuşuyoruz. Öncelikle Nobel 2022'yi genel bir bakış açısı ile değerlendirip, sonrasında bilimsel çalışmalara verilen ödüllerin artık bir kişiye değil, takımın ya da kurumun tamamına verilmesi gerektiği üzerine tartışıyoruz. Ardından Nobel ve Breakthrough ödülleri üzerinden bilimsel çalışmaların fonlanmasını konuşuyoruz. Bu konuları ele aldıktan sonra, Nobel 2022'de ödüle layık görülen fizik, kimya ve fizyoloji ve tıp alanında gerçekleştirlen çalışmaları ve bu çalışmaların birbirleri ile olan ilişkilerini ele alıyoruz. Bölümümüzün başlarında değindiğimiz, geliştiricilerinin bu sene Breakthrough ödülüne layık görüldüğü Alphafold çalışmasının açık kaynak kodlu erişime açılması ve bunun etkilerini göz önünde bulundurarak, bilimsel çalışmalarda yer almanın, çıktı üretmenin ve açık kaynak topluluğunun önemi üzerine konuşarak bölümümüzü sonlandırıyoruz. Keyifli dinlemeler! --- 00:00 Giriş 01:14 Nobel 2022'ye genel bakış 04:45 Bilimsel çalışmaların ölçeğinin büyüklüğü ve takım çalışması 06:50 Breakthrough ödülleri ve bilimin fonlanması 07:15 Breakthrough ödülünün Olay Ufku Teleskobu çalışmasında tüm ekibe verilmesi ve Alphafold 08:10 DeepMind, Alphafold nedir? 09:26 Nobel 2022 Fizik ödülü ve ödülü getiren çalışmalar: Kuantum Dolanıklık 11:21 Thomas Young Çift Yarık Deneyi, parçacık kuramı, ışık ve enerji 12:25 Zeilinger: Atom girişimölçeri 13:28 Kuantum ölçümleri (kuantum anahtar dağıtım sistemleri) 14:32 İnterferometre - girişimölçer nedir? 16:33 Nobel 2022 Kimya ödülü: Click Chemistry 19:16 Nobel 2022 Kimya ödülünü getiren çalışmanın Fizyoloji ve Fizik alanlarıyla olan ilgisi 25:07 Nobel 2022 Fizyoloji ve Tıp ödülü 26:14 Paleogenomics: Nesli tükenmiş canlıların genetik incelemesi 27:42 PCR'ın önemi 28:10 Svante Paabo'nun çalışmalarının özeti ve önemi 31:53 Bilimsel çalışmaların geçmişe dayanması, önemi ve geleceğe etkisi 33:58 Bilimsel çalışmaların fonlanması için görünür çıktılara sahip olunmasının önemi 36:05 Bilimsel çalışmalar ve açık kaynak topluluğu 38:05 Kapanış --- Nobel 2022 Fizik Ödülü: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2022/summary/ Nobel 2022 Kimya Ödülü: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2022/summary Nobel 2022 Fizyoloji ve Tıp Ödülü: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2022/summary/ Breakthrough Alphafold Ödülü: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02999-9#:~:text=The%20researchers%20behind%20the%20AlphaFold,most%20lucrative%20awards%20in%20science. Breakthrough Olay Ufku Teleskobu Ödülü: https://breakthroughprize.org/Laureates/1/L3870 TapirCast - Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Gelişmeler: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwvStmyxv70_rnTR_kItlrZvaIdxWgfIN TapirCast - Mühendislik Kavramları: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwvStmyxv708xJad4QY9ZueBMGdLSz3m6 TapirCast - Bilim Tarihi: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwvStmyxv70_XdrpkVTcYEylAltcL0Kth Apple Podcasts: @TapirCast, https://podcasts.apple.com/tr/podcast/tapircast/id1485098931 Spotify: @TapirCast, https://open.spotify.com/show/1QJduW17Sgvs1sofFgJN8L?si=6378c7e84186419e Tapir Lab. GitHub: @TapirLab, https://github.com/TapirLab Tapir Lab. Instagram: @tapirlab, https://www.instagram.com/tapirlab/ Tapir Lab. Twitter: @tapirlab, https://twitter.com/tapirlab?s=20 Tapir Lab.: http://tapirlab.com/

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K452: A quick look at the 2022 Nobel Prizes All the 2022 Nobel Prizes have now been announced. Here's a look at which prizes have been announced, and what's next for the winners. 二〇二二年諾貝爾獎所有獎項得主已經宣佈。以下是所公布的獎項，以及獲獎者的下一步。 MEDICINE The medicine or physiology prize is by tradition the first Nobel to be announced. This year's award went to Swedish scientist Svante Paabo for discoveries about human evolution achieved through analyses of the DNA of Neanderthals and other ancient relatives of modern humans. 醫學獎 按照傳統，醫學或生理學獎是第一個公布的諾貝爾獎。今年的獎項授予瑞典科學家斯萬特‧帕博，以表彰他透過分析尼安德塔人及其他現代人類遠古親屬之DNA，對人類進化所得到的發現。 PHYSICS The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded Tuesday last week to Frenchman Alain Aspect, American John F. Clauser and Austrian Anton Zeilinger. The trio shared the prize for discovering the way that particles known as photons can be linked, or ``entangled'' with each other, even when they are separated by large distances. 物理學獎 諾貝爾物理學獎於週二授予法國籍的阿蘭‧阿斯佩、約翰‧克勞澤及奧地利籍的安東‧蔡林格。三人因研究發現看不見的粒子（稱為光子）可以相互連接或互相「糾纏」──即便相距很遠──而共同獲獎。 CHEMISTRY The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was jointly awarded on Wednesday last week to Americans Carolyn R. Bertozzi and K. Barry Sharpless and Danish scientist Morten Meldal for their work on click chemistry, a field of research that can be used to design better medicines. Sharpless is a repeat winner: He won the chemistry prize also in 2001. 化學獎 諾貝爾化學獎於上週三聯合授予美國籍的凱洛琳‧柏托西、卡爾‧巴里‧沙普利斯，以及丹麥科學家莫滕‧莫代爾，以表彰他們在點擊化學方面的研究，點擊化學可用來設計更好的藥物。沙普利斯並非第一次得諾貝爾獎：他在二〇〇一年已獲得諾貝爾化學獎。 LITERATURE The Swedish Academy on Thursday last week gave the Nobel Prize in Literature to French writer Annie Ernaux for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory.” Ernaux, 82, has written more than 20 books, most of them very short, chronicling events in her life and the lives of those around her. Her work paints uncompromising portraits of sexual encounters, abortion, illness and the deaths of her parents. 文學獎 瑞典學院上週四將諾貝爾文學獎授予法國作家安妮‧艾諾，以表彰她「以勇氣和手術般的精準，從個人記憶挖掘根源、隔閡與集體壓抑」。八十二歲的艾諾寫了超過二十本書，多數都很短，記錄她及周遭人生命中的事件。她的作品毫不妥協地描繪了性邂逅、墮胎、疾病，以及她父母的死亡。 PEACE This year's Nobel Peace Prize was shared Friday last week by jailed Belarus rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial and the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said the laureates “have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power. Together they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy.” The prize was seen as a strong rebuke to the authoritarian rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin. 和平獎 今年的諾貝爾和平獎得主於上週五公布，由被監禁的白俄羅斯維權人士阿列斯‧畢亞利亞茨基、俄國人權組織「紀念」，以及烏克蘭組織「公民自由中心」共同獲得。挪威諾貝爾委員會表示，獲獎者「在記錄戰爭罪、人權侵犯和權力濫用方面做出了重要的努力。它們共同彰顯了公民社會對和平及民主的重要性」。此獎項被視為對俄國總統弗拉迪米爾‧普亭獨裁統治的強烈譴責。 ECONMICS The final announcement came on Monday with the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, which is not an original Nobel Prize but was established by the Swedish central bank in 1968. Former US Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, who put his academic expertise on the Great Depression to work reviving the American economy after the 2007-2008 financial crisis, won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences along with two other US-based economists, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig, for their research into the fallout from bank failures. 經濟學獎 最後宣布的獎項，是週一公佈的諾貝爾經濟學獎，最初諾貝爾獎並未有此獎項，這是瑞典中央銀行在一九六八年設立的。前美國聯準會主席班‧伯南奇在二〇〇七—二〇〇八年金融危機後，將其在大蕭條方面的學術專長用於重振美國經濟，他與另外兩位美國經濟學家──道格拉斯‧戴蒙和菲利普‧戴柏維格，對銀行倒閉之後果的研究，共同獲得諾貝爾經濟學獎。 WHAT DO THE WINNERS RECEIVE? Nobel Prize laureates are invited to receive their awards at prize ceremonies held on Dec. 10, the anniversary of award founder Alfred Nobel's death in 1896. The prize includes a diploma, a gold medal and a monetary award of 10 million Swedish kronor (about US$900,000). The Nobel Peace Prize is handed out in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, while the other awards are presented in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, in line with Nobel's wishes. 諾貝爾獎得主會獲得什麼？ 諾貝爾獎得主受邀出席十二月十日所舉行的頒獎典禮領獎，這是諾獎創辦人阿弗烈‧諾貝爾一八九六年逝世的紀念日。獲獎者會領到一張證書、一枚金牌和獎金一千萬瑞典克朗(約合九十萬美元)。諾貝爾和平獎在挪威首都奧斯陸頒發，其他獎項則是在瑞典首都斯德哥爾摩頒發，這是依據貝爾的意願。Source article: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2022/10/11/2003786775 歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Show Notes:Check out the video version of this podcast episode! See the article about Caribbean peoples and additional resources here. Read the Meet a Scientist written interview with Kendra here.Watch Mateja Hajdinjak's Ask a Scientist interview on YouTube here: Lesson Plan Links: Teacher Instructions, Student Activity Worksheet, Student Activity Virtual Slides.Information about the Caribbean: Basic Info, Archaeology of the Islands. Information about Ancient DNA: About Ancient DNA, Ancient DNA and Neanderthals, Ancient Genomes and Human Adaptation, Svante Paabo's Nobel Prize - Smithsonian Magazine.Links to collections: Paleoscience, COVID, Introductory Biology, AP Environmental Science Don't forget to sign up for our monthly newsletter to stay up to date on our current content!  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sciencejournalforkids.substack.com

Assegnato il Premio Nobel per la Fisica 2022 al francese Alain Aspect, all'americano John Clauser e all'austriaco Anton Zeilinger per i loro esperimenti rivoluzionari che hanno aperto la strada alla scienza dell'informazione quantistica. A che punto siamo con i computer quantistici? Lo chiediamo a Fabio Sciarrino, fisico dell'Università La Sapienza di Roma e responsabile del Quantum Lab. Lo svedese Svante Paabo è stato insignito del Nobel per la Fisiologia e la Medicina 2022 per le sue scoperte sul genoma degli ominidi. Guido Barbujani, docente di genetica all'università di Ferrara, ci spiega come sia possibile studiare il DNA antico e quali informazioni possa fornirci.

For the scientific community, the Nobel Prize announcements are an important part of the yearly science calendar. The award is one of the most widely celebrated and gives us a moment to reflect on some of the leading scientific work taking place around the world. This year's winners include Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger for their work on quantum entanglement. Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless for their work on click chemistry. And Svante Pääbo for his work on sequencing Neanderthal DNA. To understand the science behind the award winners better, we've invited a variety of speakers to help us understand their work better. Award winner, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Professor of Chemistry at Stanford, explains the basics behind click chemistry, a practice that has helped us to study molecules and their interactions in living things without interfering with natural biological processes. Mateja Hajdinjak, Postdoctoral Training Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, celebrated alongside her former PhD. tutor, Svante Paabo in Germany this week. We talk to her about his significance in the development of DNA sequencing in ancient humans. And Professor Shohini Ghose of the Institute of Quantum Computing at Waterloo University in Canada joins us to explain the complicated world of quantum entanglement. Also this week, we meet Jessica Thompson, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Yale University, who's been considering how new parents manage the tricky job of childcare while out on fieldwork. She's behind a new survey encouraging fellow scientists to consider how to approach the challenge of parental duties differently in the future. Human sexuality comes in many forms, from exclusively heterosexual to exclusively homosexual. But seeing as homosexuality creates apparent reproductive and evolutionary disadvantages, listener Ahmed from Oslo wants to know: why are some people gay? CrowdScience presenter Caroline Steel examines what science can - and can't - tell us about the role of nature, nurture and evolution in human sexual attraction. She asks a geneticist what we know of the oft-debated 'gay gene', as well as looking into why homosexual men on average have more older brothers than heterosexual men. Caroline looks into the role of nurture with a developmental psychologist to answer a question from a CrowdScience listener from Myanmar. He wonders if the distant relationship he has with his own father has impacted his own feelings of attraction. She also learns about research into a group of people in Samoa who may shed light on the benefits of traditionally non-reproductive relationships for communities as a whole. (Photo: A monument to Nobel Prize founder Alfred Nobel. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

For the scientific community, the Nobel Prize announcements are an important part of the yearly science calendar. The award is one of the most widely celebrated and gives us a moment to reflect on some of the leading scientific work taking place around the world. This year's winners include Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger for their work on quantum entanglement. Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless for their work on click chemistry. And Svante Pääbo for his work on sequencing Neanderthal DNA. To understand the science behind the award winners better, we've invited a variety of speakers to help us understand their work better. Award winner, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Professor of Chemistry at Stanford, explains the basics behind click chemistry, a practice that has helped us to study molecules and their interactions in living things without interfering with natural biological processes. Mateja Hajdinjak, Postdoctoral Training Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, celebrated alongside her former PhD. tutor, Svante Paabo in Germany this week. We talk to her about his significance in the development of DNA sequencing in ancient humans. And Professor Shohini Ghose of the Institute of Quantum Computing at Waterloo University in Canada joins us to explain the complicated world of quantum entanglement. Also this week, we meet Jessica Thompson, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Yale University, who's been considering how new parents manage the tricky job of childcare while out on fieldwork. She's behind a new survey encouraging fellow scientists to consider how to approach the challenge of parental duties differently in the future. (Image: A monument to Nobel Prize founder Alfred Nobel. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images) Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Harry Lewis Assistant Producer: Robbie Wojciechowski

Nhà di truyền học Svante Paabo, giám đốc viện nhân chủng học tiến hóa của Đức - đã được ghi nhận về thành tựu giải mã bộ gene những loài giống người đã tuyệt chủng và góp phần xây dựng giả thiết về sự tiến hóa của loài người.

A Swedish scientist whose work has helped unlock the genetic secrets of human evolution is the winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine. Svante Paabo - the director of a German institute for evolutionary anthropology - has been credited for transforming the study of DNA sequences from archaeological and paleontological remains.

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. **Tai-Ex opening ** The Tai-Ex opened up 146-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 13,447 on turnover of 4.-billion N-T. The market extended losses from Friday's session on Monday, losing more than 120 points as investor concerns continued over the U-S Federal Reserve's rate hike cycle. The slump also came despite the Financial Supervisory Commission announcing measures at the end of last week to tighten short-selling rules amid global market volatility (易變). **German Lawmaker Lauds Taiwan's Democratic Development ** The visiting chairman of the German-Taiwan Parliamentary Friendship Group says Taiwan should be proud of its democratic development. Klaus-Peter Willsch made the statement during a meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen at the Presidential Office. The German lawmaker also lauded (讚美) Taiwan for playing a major role in the world's semiconductor industry - saying "the world's industries will face serious problems without Taiwan's semiconductors." Willsch is heading a seven-member delegaiton to Taiwan consisting of lawmakers from six different political parties on a five-day visit. The delegation will also be meeting with lawmakers and visit the Tainan Science Park for talks on trade and investment, high-tech industry, and supply-chain security. **National Day Fireworks Display to Feature 25,000 Fireworks ** Chiayi County Tourism Bureau Director-General Hsu You-ren says this year's National Day fireworks at the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum will feature 25,000 fireworks. According to Hsu, in addition to the fireworks the event will feature a 360-degree water dance featuring a light sculpture projection together with a sound and light show during the 45-minute performance. Hsu says the audience will also be entertained by drone acrobatics with musical accompaniment from Taipei Sinfonietta & Philharmonic Orchestra. Some 12,000 free parking spaces are being made available near the museum, as county government officials are expecting a large turnout (到場人數). **NKorea Launches Missile Over Japan ** North Korea has reportedly fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan. The Japanese prime minister's office said at least one missile fired from North Korea flew over Japan and was believed to have landed into the Pacific Ocean. Officials say the missile landed in waters outside the country's exclusive economic zone after a 22-minute flight. Japanese authorities issued a ``J-alert'' to residents in northeaster regions to evacuate to buildings nearby, the first such alert since 2017. Trains were temporarily suspended in Japan's Hokkaido and Aomori regions before their operations were resumed after a government notice that the North Korean missile appeared to have landed into the Pacific. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida strongly condemned the launch, calling it a "reckless (魯莽) act". South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol has called a National Security Council meeting to discuss the launch and says the North's ``reckless nuclear provocations'' would meet the stern response of the South and the broader international community. **Swedish Geneticist Wins Nobel for Physiology ** A Swedish geneticist has won the Nobel Prize for medicine. Svante Paabo pioneered (首創) the use of ancient DNA to unlock secrets about human evolution. Jody Jacobs has more from New York. That was the I.C.R.T. news, Check in again tomorrow for our simplified version of the news, uploaded every day in the afternoon. Enjoy the rest of your day, I'm _____.

Alessia Piperno, 30enne, è stata arrestata in Iran. I familiari: "siamo preoccupati, non l'abbiamo più sentita". Si attiva l'unità di crisi della Farnesina. A Teheran lezioni sospese all'università a causa delle proteste. Un altro episodio che evidenzia ancora una volta la difficile situazione che sta attraversando questo paese. Analizziamo quello che sta succedendo con Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, ricercatrice al RUSI di Londra e associata all'ISPI. Assegnato oggi il Nobel per la Medicina 2022 allo scienziato svedese Svante Paabo. Ascoltiamo il servizio realizzato da Chiara Albicocco. Ancora una terribile morte sul lavoro: un rider di Firenze nella è stato investito nella notte. Proclamato uno sciopero di 24 ore fino al 5 ottobre. Collegato con noi Andrea Pratovecchi, Rappresentante Riders NIDIL-CGIL Firenze.

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Authorities in Indonesia say they will establish an independent fact-finding team to investigate the deadly stampede at a football stadium that killed at least 125 people (1:02). Svante Paabo has won the Nobel Prize in Medicine (3:28). And China is expecting nearly 5.8 mln railway passenger trips on the third day of the National Day holiday (23:05).

One of Minecraft's biggest streamers, ‘Dream', has revealed his true identity. Before now, he had only been known by a simple iconic smiley face.Your Christmas turkey could be at risk this year if the worst avian flu in UK history continues to spread.The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has gone to human evolution research. Sweden's Svante Paabo worked out the genetic code of Neanderthals, one of our extinct relatives. Prime Minister Liz Truss's personal mobile number is being sold on a US website by hackers.Plus:Duolingo, a language-learning app, is in talks with the government about providing cheap visa testsA study suggests Covid has left a third of young people feeling life is out of controlCompanies 'aggressively' pestering people with cold calls finedBruce Willis denies selling likeness to deepfake company Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Days after Hurricane Ian carved a path of destruction from Florida to the Carolinas, the dangers persisted, and even worsened in some places. It was clear the road to recovery from the monster storm will be long and painful. Search and rescue efforts are ongoing Monday. And Ian still is not done. The storm doused Virginia with rain Sunday. It was dissipating as it moved offshore, but officials warned there still was the potential of severe flooding along Virginia's coast and a coastal flood warning was in effect Monday. Ian was one of the strongest storms to make landfall in the United States. An investigation by The Associated Press and the PBS series “Frontline” has documented a sophisticated Russian-run smuggling operation that has used falsified manifests and seaborne subterfuge to steal Ukrainian grain worth at least $530 million. Legal experts say the theft is a potential war crime. Swedish scientist Svante Paabo has won this year's Nobel Prize in medicine for his discoveries on human evolution, the award's panel said Monday. Paabo spearheaded the development of new techniques that allowed researchers to compare the genome of modern humans and our closest extinct relatives, the Neanderthals and Denisovans. Moviegoing audiences kicked off the month of October with a horror movie. Studio estimates Sunday show Paramount's “Smile” easily topped the North American charts with $22 million in ticket sales and left Universal's rom-com “Bros” in the dust. Doctors have a message for vaccine-weary Americans: Don't skip your flu shot this fall. And for the first time, seniors are urged to get a special extra-strength kind. Because seniors don't respond as well, the U.S. now recommends they get one of three types made with higher doses or an immune-boosting ingredient. In sports, the Chiefs handled the Buccaneers, the Eagles remained perfect, the Bills rallied against the Ravens, the Braves are on the verge of another division title, Albert Pujols caught the Babe, Aaron Judge's power-drought continued, the Padres extended their season and the Phillies have a magic number of one. Distraught family members were struggling to comprehend the sudden loss of loved ones at the Indonesia soccer match in East Java's Malang city that was watched only by hometown Arema FC fans. The organizer had banned visiting Persebaya Surabaya's supporters due to Indonesia's history of violent soccer rivalries. 125 people were crushed at the match. A Wisconsin man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens more when he allegedly drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee last year is set to go on trial Monday. Darrell Brooks faces nearly 80 charges in the 2021 disaster in Waukesha and will represent himself.  Congressional districts that a federal court panel said were unconstitutional because they dilute representation for Black voters in Alabama are nevertheless being used for the November election after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed them. The high court hears arguments in the case on Tuesday.  Venezuela's government has freed seven Americans imprisoned in the South American country in exchange for the release of two nephews of President Nicolás Maduro's wife who had been jailed for years by the United States on drug smuggling convictions. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called on state regulators to relax rules on oil refineries in an effort to lower soaring fuel prices. According to AAA, the average cost of a gallon of gas in California is $6.30. That's far above the national average of $3.80. President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that finances the federal government through mid-December and provides another infusion of military and economic aid to Ukraine. He signed the bill Friday after lawmakers acted to avert a partial government shutdown set to begin after midnight. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed treaties to illegally annex parts of Ukraine, while Kyiv has submitted an “accelerated” application to join NATO. Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of sabotaging the Russia-built gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea to Germany. Putin claimed that the West had turned from sanctions against Russia to “terror attacks,” sabotaging the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines. The White House said Putin's comments were outlandish and just an attempt to distract the world from his annexation on Friday of four parts of Ukraine. Civil rights lawyer John Burris is Northern California's go-to attorney when it comes to police brutality. At age 77, he continues to travel the state to appear with victims big and small to allege violations against law enforcement. Consumers spent a bit more in August than the previous month, a sign the economy is holding up even as inflation lifts prices for food, rent, and other essentials. Americans boosted their spending at stores and for services such as haircuts by 0.4% in August, after it fell 0.2% in July, the Commerce Department said Friday. Wall Street closed out a miserable September with a loss of 9.3%, the worst monthly decline since March 2020. The S&P 500 fell 1.5% Friday and is at its lowest level in almost two years. The ranks of late-night television comedy are thinning. Trevor Noah told his studio audience during Thursday's taping that he's leaving as host of Comedy Central's “The Daily Show.” —The Associated PressSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My guest today is scientist Ilya Kolmanovsky and we'll be talking about the evolution of the brain, as well as where we're heading with the connection between the human mind and AI. Amongst other things, of course. Born in Moscow, Kolmanovsky trained as a zoologist, earned a PhD in human evolution, and then went on to become the most known Russian language science communicator on TV, radio, through podcasting, lectures, shows, and blogging. He has interviewed five Nobel prize laureates, dived under the ice in the Arctic, and has been detained 3 times by Russian police while protesting oppression. His most recent project is a podcast named Naked Mole-Rat (Goliy Zemlekop in Russian: podcast.ru/1505388337) about scientists and scientific discoveries. It has become the most popular Russian language podcast, outnumbering politics, art and sex podcasts. Recent guests include Garry Kasparov, Alison Gopnik, Svante Paabo and many others.

Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes. In How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction (Princeton UP, 2020), Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in “ancient DNA” research, walks readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction. From deciding which species should be restored, to sequencing their genomes, to anticipating how revived populations might be overseen in the wild, Shapiro vividly explores the extraordinary cutting-edge science that is being used—today—to resurrect the past. Journeying to far-flung Siberian locales in search of ice age bones and delving into her own research—as well as those of fellow experts such as Svante Paabo, George Church, and Craig Venter—Shapiro considers de-extinction's practical benefits and ethical challenges. Would de-extinction change the way we live? Is this really cloning? What are the costs and risks? And what is the ultimate goal? Using DNA collected from remains as a genetic blueprint, scientists aim to engineer extinct traits — traits that evolved by natural selection over thousands of years—into living organisms. But rather than viewing de-extinction as a way to restore one particular species, Shapiro argues that the overarching goal should be the revitalization and stabilization of contemporary ecosystems. For example, elephants with genes modified to express mammoth traits could expand into the Arctic, re-establishing lost productivity to the tundra ecosystem. Looking at the very real and compelling science behind an idea once seen as science fiction, How to Clone a Mammoth demonstrates how de-extinction will redefine conservation's future. Marshall Poe is the editor of the New Books Network. He can be reached at marshallpoe@newbooksnetwork.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes. In How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction (Princeton UP, 2020), Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in “ancient DNA” research, walks readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction. From deciding which species should be restored, to sequencing their genomes, to anticipating how revived populations might be overseen in the wild, Shapiro vividly explores the extraordinary cutting-edge science that is being used—today—to resurrect the past. Journeying to far-flung Siberian locales in search of ice age bones and delving into her own research—as well as those of fellow experts such as Svante Paabo, George Church, and Craig Venter—Shapiro considers de-extinction's practical benefits and ethical challenges. Would de-extinction change the way we live? Is this really cloning? What are the costs and risks? And what is the ultimate goal? Using DNA collected from remains as a genetic blueprint, scientists aim to engineer extinct traits — traits that evolved by natural selection over thousands of years—into living organisms. But rather than viewing de-extinction as a way to restore one particular species, Shapiro argues that the overarching goal should be the revitalization and stabilization of contemporary ecosystems. For example, elephants with genes modified to express mammoth traits could expand into the Arctic, re-establishing lost productivity to the tundra ecosystem. Looking at the very real and compelling science behind an idea once seen as science fiction, How to Clone a Mammoth demonstrates how de-extinction will redefine conservation's future. Marshall Poe is the editor of the New Books Network. He can be reached at marshallpoe@newbooksnetwork.com. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/animal-studies

Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes. In How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction (Princeton UP, 2020), Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in “ancient DNA” research, walks readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction. From deciding which species should be restored, to sequencing their genomes, to anticipating how revived populations might be overseen in the wild, Shapiro vividly explores the extraordinary cutting-edge science that is being used—today—to resurrect the past. Journeying to far-flung Siberian locales in search of ice age bones and delving into her own research—as well as those of fellow experts such as Svante Paabo, George Church, and Craig Venter—Shapiro considers de-extinction's practical benefits and ethical challenges. Would de-extinction change the way we live? Is this really cloning? What are the costs and risks? And what is the ultimate goal? Using DNA collected from remains as a genetic blueprint, scientists aim to engineer extinct traits — traits that evolved by natural selection over thousands of years—into living organisms. But rather than viewing de-extinction as a way to restore one particular species, Shapiro argues that the overarching goal should be the revitalization and stabilization of contemporary ecosystems. For example, elephants with genes modified to express mammoth traits could expand into the Arctic, re-establishing lost productivity to the tundra ecosystem. Looking at the very real and compelling science behind an idea once seen as science fiction, How to Clone a Mammoth demonstrates how de-extinction will redefine conservation's future. Marshall Poe is the editor of the New Books Network. He can be reached at marshallpoe@newbooksnetwork.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes. In How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction (Princeton UP, 2020), Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in “ancient DNA” research, walks readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction. From deciding which species should be restored, to sequencing their genomes, to anticipating how revived populations might be overseen in the wild, Shapiro vividly explores the extraordinary cutting-edge science that is being used—today—to resurrect the past. Journeying to far-flung Siberian locales in search of ice age bones and delving into her own research—as well as those of fellow experts such as Svante Paabo, George Church, and Craig Venter—Shapiro considers de-extinction’s practical benefits and ethical challenges. Would de-extinction change the way we live? Is this really cloning? What are the costs and risks? And what is the ultimate goal? Using DNA collected from remains as a genetic blueprint, scientists aim to engineer extinct traits — traits that evolved by natural selection over thousands of years—into living organisms. But rather than viewing de-extinction as a way to restore one particular species, Shapiro argues that the overarching goal should be the revitalization and stabilization of contemporary ecosystems. For example, elephants with genes modified to express mammoth traits could expand into the Arctic, re-establishing lost productivity to the tundra ecosystem. Looking at the very real and compelling science behind an idea once seen as science fiction, How to Clone a Mammoth demonstrates how de-extinction will redefine conservation’s future. Marshall Poe is the editor of the New Books Network. He can be reached at marshallpoe@newbooksnetwork.com.

Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes. In How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction (Princeton UP, 2020), Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in “ancient DNA” research, walks readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction. From deciding which species should be restored, to sequencing their genomes, to anticipating how revived populations might be overseen in the wild, Shapiro vividly explores the extraordinary cutting-edge science that is being used—today—to resurrect the past. Journeying to far-flung Siberian locales in search of ice age bones and delving into her own research—as well as those of fellow experts such as Svante Paabo, George Church, and Craig Venter—Shapiro considers de-extinction’s practical benefits and ethical challenges. Would de-extinction change the way we live? Is this really cloning? What are the costs and risks? And what is the ultimate goal? Using DNA collected from remains as a genetic blueprint, scientists aim to engineer extinct traits — traits that evolved by natural selection over thousands of years—into living organisms. But rather than viewing de-extinction as a way to restore one particular species, Shapiro argues that the overarching goal should be the revitalization and stabilization of contemporary ecosystems. For example, elephants with genes modified to express mammoth traits could expand into the Arctic, re-establishing lost productivity to the tundra ecosystem. Looking at the very real and compelling science behind an idea once seen as science fiction, How to Clone a Mammoth demonstrates how de-extinction will redefine conservation’s future. Marshall Poe is the editor of the New Books Network. He can be reached at marshallpoe@newbooksnetwork.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes. In How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction (Princeton UP, 2020), Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in “ancient DNA” research, walks readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction. From deciding which species should be restored, to sequencing their genomes, to anticipating how revived populations might be overseen in the wild, Shapiro vividly explores the extraordinary cutting-edge science that is being used—today—to resurrect the past. Journeying to far-flung Siberian locales in search of ice age bones and delving into her own research—as well as those of fellow experts such as Svante Paabo, George Church, and Craig Venter—Shapiro considers de-extinction’s practical benefits and ethical challenges. Would de-extinction change the way we live? Is this really cloning? What are the costs and risks? And what is the ultimate goal? Using DNA collected from remains as a genetic blueprint, scientists aim to engineer extinct traits — traits that evolved by natural selection over thousands of years—into living organisms. But rather than viewing de-extinction as a way to restore one particular species, Shapiro argues that the overarching goal should be the revitalization and stabilization of contemporary ecosystems. For example, elephants with genes modified to express mammoth traits could expand into the Arctic, re-establishing lost productivity to the tundra ecosystem. Looking at the very real and compelling science behind an idea once seen as science fiction, How to Clone a Mammoth demonstrates how de-extinction will redefine conservation’s future. Marshall Poe is the editor of the New Books Network. He can be reached at marshallpoe@newbooksnetwork.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes. In How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction (Princeton UP, 2020), Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in “ancient DNA” research, walks readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction. From deciding which species should be restored, to sequencing their genomes, to anticipating how revived populations might be overseen in the wild, Shapiro vividly explores the extraordinary cutting-edge science that is being used—today—to resurrect the past. Journeying to far-flung Siberian locales in search of ice age bones and delving into her own research—as well as those of fellow experts such as Svante Paabo, George Church, and Craig Venter—Shapiro considers de-extinction’s practical benefits and ethical challenges. Would de-extinction change the way we live? Is this really cloning? What are the costs and risks? And what is the ultimate goal? Using DNA collected from remains as a genetic blueprint, scientists aim to engineer extinct traits — traits that evolved by natural selection over thousands of years—into living organisms. But rather than viewing de-extinction as a way to restore one particular species, Shapiro argues that the overarching goal should be the revitalization and stabilization of contemporary ecosystems. For example, elephants with genes modified to express mammoth traits could expand into the Arctic, re-establishing lost productivity to the tundra ecosystem. Looking at the very real and compelling science behind an idea once seen as science fiction, How to Clone a Mammoth demonstrates how de-extinction will redefine conservation’s future. Marshall Poe is the editor of the New Books Network. He can be reached at marshallpoe@newbooksnetwork.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Twenty years ago, a revolution in the study of human evolution began. A team in Leipzig in Germany successfully extracted DNA from the bones of a Neanderthal man who died about 40,000 years ago. Thirteen years later, the same group unveiled the first complete genome sequence of another Neanderthal individual. Last year, they announced they'd retrieved DNA from much oldest archaic human bones, more than 400,000 years old. Adam Rutherford talks to Svante Paabo, the scientist has led these remarkable achievements. Professor Paabo and his colleague Janet Kelso at the Max Planck Institute of Biological Anthropology in Leipzig discuss the genes in many European people alive today that originated in Neanderthals and were passed to modern humans when the two species interbred. Adam also speaks to Johannes Krause who worked on the Neanderthal genome project in Leipzig but is now director of the Max Planck Institute of the Science of Human History. His latest research adds a new layer of intrigue and complexity to the relationship between our species and Neanderthals in deep time. David Reich at Harvard University focuses on using ancient DNA to uncover the ancestry and movements of modern human hunter-gatherers in Eurasia from about 50,000 years to the Bronze Age, a few thousand years ago. Population movements occur on a cinematic scale, he says. (Podcast only). The revelations of ancient genetics would not be possible and meaningful without the traditional disciplines of palaeoanthropology and archaeology. Adam goes to Gibraltar to seek the perspective of Clive Finlayson who leads excavations there as director of the Gibraltar Museum. Gibraltar is the most concentrated site of Neanderthal occupation in the world. As well as remains of a young Neanderthal child last year, the Rock's caves have also recently yielded the first example of Neanderthal cave art.

On 19th October, a mysterious object sped through our solar system. It was first spotted by astronomers with a telescope in Hawaii. Its trajectory and speed told of its interstellar origins. It is the first body to be detected from outside our solar system. Scientists are now publishing their papers on the enigmatic visitor. They estimate that it was about 400 metres long and bizarrely elongated in shape. Adam Rutherford talks to astronomer Alan Fitzsimmons of Queens University in Belfast. Twenty years ago, geneticist Svante Paabo began a revolution in human evolution science when he extracted fragments of DNA from the 40,000 year old bone of a Neanderthal. Among other first, he went onto sequence the entire genome sequence of Homo Neanderthalenisis. Professor Paabo was in the UK this week at a conference on DNA and human evolution at the Wellcome Genome Campus to mark the anniversary. He tells Adam about one of the new directions of research for him now. What does the future hold for synthetic biology? Who will be the practitioners of this fast-growing branch of bioengineering and what will be its impact on the world - for good and possibly ill? Experts in the field have just published a horizon-scanning report in the journal eLife. One of its authors, Jenny Molloy of the University of Cambridge, talks to Adam about the nascent democratisation of the discipline and where this might lead the field and society. The paradoxical plight of the axolotl: popular aquarium pet, laboratory animal and critically endangered species in the wild. This species of salamander is a wonder of nature. It's the amphibian that never grows out of its larval stage yet it's able to reproduce. Most remarkable is its ability to regrow limbs, which is of great potential interest to researchers developing regenerative medicine. There are many thousands of axolotls in labs and homes around the world. But in the wild, in their native Mexico, they are on the very edge of extinction. Inside Science talks to conservation biologist Richard Griffiths of the University of Kent and axolotl researcher Tatiana Sandoval Guzman of the Technical University in Dresden, Germany. Producer: Andrew Luck-Baker.

From his early work with Egyptian mummies to his breath taking achievement of sequencing the genome of our nearest ancient relatives - the Neanderthals - professor Svante Paabo has changed how we think about ourselves. He and his team have found a comparatively small number of changes in the genes between us and Neanderthals, including changes in the brain. Could these differences explain what makes us human?

How the Neanderthals live on in our genes. Robin Ince interviews Svante Paabo in Leipzig.

Dr. Svante Paabo, one of the greatest biologists of our time, says modern humans mixed with Neanderthals and other hominid species much more than previously thought. Dr. Paabo's latest book is "Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes." Dr. Paabo talks about where we came from and where we are (hopefully) headed as a species. Fascinating.