We’ve all heard of genes, but how do they actually work? Geneticist Kat Arney and her scientific guests will draw on...
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Eels migrate to the Sargasso Sea to breed “Eels are sending us a really major signal that we’re harming our...
Your eyes meet across a crowded room. You know you are being obvious but you cannot stop staring. When you...
Evolution is all about being selfish. By natural selection, genes that increase an individual’s chance of survival or fitness accumulate...
"Where Did You Come From? From Genealogy to Genes ... From Family History to the History of our Species "...
"you are probably less safe driving between 4am and 6am than when you are legally drunk" The Latin words circa...
Do animals have culture? Can we see evidence of tradition in their lifestyle? If so, how has this benefited them?...
DNA and the concept of genes fascinated me from the word go. To me, studying life from the perspective of...
It is clear from recent trends that science is heading towards a more ‘open’ future. However there has always been...
Perplexing, isn’t it? Homo sapiens, as a species, have made it. There are now over 7 billion of us swarming...
In 2000, the human genome, a manuscript containing all the genes that make us human, was completed at a cost...
Should we all be sequencing our own genomes? It’s often said that “it’s what’s inside that counts”. From a medic’s...
Darwin’s Origin of Species was not the only landmark literature to be published in the late 19th century; it was...
A 'double' variation of the household flower, Busy Lizzy (Impatiens wallenaria) caused by a homeotic mutation Picking up a penny...
