- Kat Arney
In this article Kat Arney describes the history of cloning and the techniques that were used to clone Dolly the Sheep, and how embryonic stem cells (ES cells) are made and used.
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- Dalya Rosner
Or for that matter, if you eat a chilled chilli pepper, what will happen? Dalya considers these questions and investigates the biochemical causes of such strange sensations.
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- Becky Poole
Dementia-prone mice have shown researchers than an old mouse can learn new tricks, given the right environment...
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- Alexandra Lindsay
Scheele was the first to isolate Hydrogen cyanide in 1782 then went on to show its toxic effects by accidentally becoming its victim. Alexandra looks at why cyanide is poisonous, causes of cyanide poisoning, and how to reverse its effects.
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- Dalya Rosner
It's funny how the microscopic world of bacteria and viruses are so similar to the macroscopic world of human migrants... A look at life from a germ's point of view.
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- Bob Bury
Exposing patients to x-rays is a gamble between a necessary investigation to aid in forumlating a diagnosis, and the health risks associated with ionising
radiation. Bob Bury puts the case for the defense.
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- Helen Scales
CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) aims to regulate the trade in animal and plant species threatened with extinction throu
gh worldwide trade, legal or illegal. Helen has a look at its workings.
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- Felicia Huppert
How much do we know about what makes people thrive and societies flourish? We know remarkably little about the positive aspects of living. Felicia Huppert takes us on a tour of her new book.
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- Barrie Lancaster
They are found in well-organised groups; they communicate constantly through long ranging connections; there are 100,000,000,000 of them, surrounded by at least 10 times that many supporters, and they are all inside your head – they're brain cells, but how do they work?
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- Mark Tester
Genetic modification (GM) is the heritable alteration of the genetic make-up of an organism, and is a natural process as old as genes themselves. Mark has a look at artificial and natural genetic modification.
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