Interviews about Biology

Meet the scientist cutting down infections from catheters...

Kary Mullis died earlier this month. We remember his innovative work that changed the world of genetics.

As we get older, our muscles and joints start to stiffen. New research reveals the same is true for our brain.

Nature is full of surprises, and this week’s no exception! Eleanor Drinkwater from York University explains...

Why pancreatic cancer is so aggressive? New research from Sydney's Garvan Institute might be able to stop it.

What's going on in the brain when we're chatting to someone else?

Does being lonely have an impact on physical and psychological health?

How many of us are lonely?

Three scientists sit down to drink and debate...

A visit to a world leader in genome sequencing...

What was Mendel really interested in?

Mendel's laws were also used to support less savoury ideas...

In 1900, everything changed...

Genius doesn't spring from thin air...

Where better to meet Mendel than a garden...

How does your dog smell?

How superbugs spread across Europe

People with haemophilia cannot clot their blood. An new gene therapy could change that...

In the first study of its kind, the plastic in cigarette ends are stunting the growth of plants around us.

A global study of sharks finds that they’re in danger of being fished over a quarter of their entire habitat.

Every two minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer, can a new treatment change that?

How do you simulate a human heart?

A giant agave plant in Cambridge is preparing to flower for the first time in 57 years!

The pointing gesture comes from us trying to reach out and touch something.