Ever thought about the ethics and philosophy behind our technological progress? Well, don’t worry if you haven’t! Our author Silvia...
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As a biologist, I’m used to the idea that elements combine to form simple and complex molecules in an orderly...
New frameworks have been developed to design objects that ensure physiological and psychological well-being of astronauts in long duration flights....
Many individuals think of viruses as harmful organisms that invade, infect and even kill. But the reality is very different...
Do I need my appendix? The appendix is a thin tube around four inches long found in the lower right...
Muscle Up! The human record for high jump is 2.45m by Cuban Javier Sotomayor - 1.25 times his height -...
What sets humans apart from other animals? Language? Creativity? Some think that the answer is actually memory, and that only...
Decision-making is a continuous brain process that we are generally unaware off, until our choices result in unpredicted consequences. We...
The last 2.6 million years have seen the breadth of human engineering and invention. From ancient humans using hammerstones to...
An evolutionary perspective: Who are we? Of the millions of species that have ever existed on this planet, humans have...
Extant hominids, which include apes and humans come from a plant eating ancestry. Early hominids lived in a woodland-savannah environment...
Most of modern medicine focuses on how disease occurs – what affects our risk of getting sick and which diseases...
Evolution is all about being selfish. By natural selection, genes that increase an individual’s chance of survival or fitness accumulate...
We think of life in utero (during pregnancy) as a quiescent environment for the developing foetus. However the reality is...
You may have heard that gender inequalities are a natural part of the human condition. Once you understand the science...
1. How do spiders walk upside-down? Spiders attach themselves to surfaces via the tiny, flexible hairs at the end of...
The human body is surprisingly adaptable, but everything has its boundaries. Just how deep is too deep? How cold can...
Professor Chris Stringer, an anthropologist from the natural history museum, talks to Graihagh Jackson about his life's research on human...
The phrase ‘out of Africa’ has become synonymous with the concept of early primate - and by extension, human -...
Evolution can be merciless. It selects for success and banishes failure. It is therefore natural to assume that it favours...
Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace 04 May 2012 to 07 October 2012 I’ve already waxed lyrical...
Hunterian Museum The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London Friday 18 May, 6-9pm If you've...
Are we on the brink of a future society, or already living in one? Michael Cook looks at the relationship...
Hunterian Museum The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London Permanent exhibition Is the collection at...
Variation is the driving force behind evolution and the reason why any species persists on this planet. Yet the science...
There is no question about it, we have big heads. Relative to our body size we have the largest brains...
Sound, as you probably know, is the result of pressure waves travelling through the air. As the pressure wave enters...
It all looks so easy... We all do a bit of running, whether to a bus, to the shops, or away from...
Ai is 35 years old and lives with her son, Ayumu. They both work together in a computer lab in...
