← Royal Institution Christmas Lectures · 2013: Life Fantastic

Could I Live Forever?

S48 · E3 · 30 Dec 2013 · 59 minfinale

In this year's final Christmas Lecture, Dr Alison Woollard from the University of Oxford, tackles a question that has intrigued scientists and natural philosophers for centuries. The cycle of life and death affects all cells, but Alison reveals a shocking truth - that 'cell death' plays an important part in life. It enables the development and survival of most multi-celled organisms from hedgehogs to humans.