Back to the Future: Dan Dare - Synthetic Biology
Quentin Cooper discusses the postwar boom in science and technology with Ben Russell, a curator of the Science Museum's new exhibition Dan Dare and the Birth of Hi Tech Britain.
Back to the Future: Dan Dare
It inspired one of the country鈥檚 best known cosmologists, Stephen Hawking and Buckingham Palace had it regularly delivered during the 1950s.
The Eagle magazine sold 1 million copies per issue in its hey day.
A new Science Museum's exhibition 鈥楧an Dare and the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain鈥� explores the legacy of World War Two for the country鈥檚 science.
Quentin Cooper is joined by exhibition curator Ben Russell to find out more.
Synthetic Biology
The emerging field of synthetic biology could open up an entirely new field of medicine.
Could we one day use the techniques of engineering to manipulate our genetic circuitry inside our cells to permanently protect us against diseases like cancer?
Quentin Cooper talks to biologist John McCarthy from Manchester University and Engineer Richard Kitney, Imperial College, London.
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