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A pioneering new technique creates IVF embryos with DNA from three people to stop children from inheriting an incurable genetic mitochondria condition. Eight healthy babies have been born in a regulated trial. Audrey Carville hears about the impact this technique may have on parents from Liz Curtis, the founder of The Lily Foundation. Her daughter Lily was born with mitochondrial disease and lived for eight months. And genetic medicine consultant Dr Shane McKee explains how the three donor technique works.

Also on the programme, we delve into the Government's plan to reduce the voting age to 16 in time for the next General Election. Teenage campaigner Monya Ahmed describes why she is delighted. Politics professor Jon Tonge is less convinced.

It's nearly 80 years since US President Harry Truman ordered his country's military to drop two atomic bombs on Japan. What was the cost of his decision to choose the nuclear option over conventional military action? And could it happen again? Professor Catherine Clinton and Dr David McCann mull over the historical record.

Astronomers have been puzzled about the possibility there's a ninth unidentified planet in our Solar System. Dr Niamh Shaw explains how the new Vera C Rubin telescope in Chile that may settle the issue once and for all. And she tell us about her upcoming trip to the Arctic.