Michael Discovered A New Way To Make Twins

May 31
47 mins

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Episode Description

Is there a new way to make twins? If there is, Michael's might just have discovered it. And hint: it's going to hard work.


From Hannah’s twin-like sister to the most famous cells in human history, in this episode Hannah and Michael continue to explore whether we truly own of ourselves, this time at a microscopic level.


From our genome, to our cells and even our personalities, what happens in a future where cloning is the norm? Where Zygotes might be used to create mini-Michaels? And where reproduction as we know it now is...optional.


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Video Producer: Adam Thornton + Oli Oakley + Jack Meek

Animator: Sam Benson

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Assistant Producer: Lucy Lipscombe

Producer: Simona Rata

Senior Producer: Lauren Armstrong-Carter

Head Of Digital: Samuel Oakley

Exec Producer: Neil Fearn

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