A farmer can remember what has happened last year and the year before, and can prepare accordingly. But what about plants? How can they pass on their experience to their offspring?

The University of the Third Age once again teams up with the Ri for an afternoon of fascinating science talks.

Life inside the uterus is not as closed off as you might think. Syed Qadri explores how a mother’s behaviour alters her baby during pregnancy..

What is epigenetics, and why the fuss? Charlotte Mykura explains.

Our DNA endures a constant bombardment of damaging agents, so how does it cope? …

Themes of the last fortnight have been the weather, further research into epigenetics and the many uses of 3D printing …

If all of the cells in the human body contain exactly the same genes, then why don’t all of our body parts look exactly the same? …