As a UK exam board examines the possibility of a new GCSE in natural history, Helen Robertson explores what the subject is and what it might bring to 21st century pupils In 1767 the pioneering ...

What is a memory game? Images of everyday objects chosen by bioscience researchers are featured in the game. Test your group's observational skills and short term memory recall, and see how many ...

How much do we really know about our pets? Cat behaviour expert and presenter Roger Tabor documents the progress made in tracking small cats When it comes to studying the behaviour of cats, we are in ...

Andrew Pelling is perhaps best known for videos in which he explains how he grew a human ear from an apple. He is interested in how physical stimuli can be used to manipulate, repurpose and control ...

Thirty years ago in a small village in northern Italy, a young Scottish woman known as Dee* was taking a shower in the cottage she and her partner were renovating. She was unaware that their water ...

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Professor Sarah Gilbert on the science behind one of the world’s most advanced COVID-19 vaccine trials, and what still needs to be done to prove it is safe and effective As professor of vaccinology at ...

In 2012 American biochemist Jennifer Doudna and her collaborator, Emmanuelle Charpentier, proposed that CRISPR – a group of genes and molecules used by bacteria to recognise and destroy viral DNA – ...

Understanding how memories are formed and stored is one of the great enigmas in neuroscience. After more than a century of research, detailed knowledge of the mechanisms of memory formation remain ...

Professor Janey Henderson studied at Aberdeen and Manchester Universities before gaining her PhD from Durham University, a CASE award with Rothamsted Experimental Station. Janey completed ...

The idea of human bodies being hijacked by parasites might seem like something out of a science-fiction novel. However, to much of the developing world, parasitic infection is a daily reality, with ...

It was the work of Gregor Mendel and Charles Darwin that revealed the fundamental mechanisms of genetic inheritance. Mendel observed consistent patterns of inheritance from parents to offspring and ...