Interviews about Biology

By altering how a certain enzyme in tomatoes operates, they can accumulate pro-vitamin D

Humans have been modifying produce for millennia, selecting for genes which boost beneficial traits

Carl Sayer set us the task of finding our own ghost ponds; we'll need to swat up before the expedition...

When old ponds are restored, plant life that has laid in waiting can take root after 150 years...

Many ponds being restored or created are found on farmland. Why do the owners get involved?

The UK introduced a scheme to help save one endangered species, but where should these new ponds be built?

Currently, we know more about the surface of Mars than we do of Earth...

How far we've come and how far is left to go...

What shape should measures take to prevent future pandemics?

Some diseases can experience a resurgence after a long time in the background...

Why the sudden uptick in cases of this smallpox relative?

Knowing the enemy is the first step to overcoming it...

How your BO and BFF might be interlinked...

This is not a microbe! At 2 centimetres long, it's bigger than some insects...

While many recall the work of Watson and Crick, Bell's name had been lost to history. Until now.

With a truckload worth of clothes being chucked away every second, fast fashion is a world-leading polluter

Tracing the little cluckers' journey from South East Asia to British shores...

By examining the gnashers of the giant shark, its place in the food chain has been unveiled...

Names that were once in fashion are nowhere to be found as old favourites take the top spot

In 1953, two Cambridge scientists announced they'd uncovered the secret of life...

Following Brexit, the UK has changed its stance on the precision breeding of food to boost produce

Mimicry is seen across the animal kingdom, but not ever before like this...

The first patient to receive a genetically modified pig's heart died at the start of March. What did we learn?

The fossils, part of a collection dating back to 1880s, showed the world some mammals could lay eggs