Interviews about Biology

As the coronavirus has left Wuhan to spread around the world, scientists have built its family tree...

Once the virus is isolated, you can compare it to animal versions - and the evidence so far is uncertain...

Can you gene sequence the coronavirus? And why would you want to?

How much vinegar does it take to dissolve an egg shell?

"How do chicken eggs get fertilised, when there's a shell around them?"

How do plants get water from their roots to their leaves?

How can a bunch of flowers bloom, when they've been cut from their roots?

How well genetic scores predict school achievements...

Imaging reveals how the human vocal tract can sing two notes at the same time...

From Ebola to Marburg, and coronavirus to rabies, bats carry some of the world's worst viruses. Why?

Why questionnaires and thermometers at airports miss most cases of travelers with diseases...

We chat to insect behaviour expert Eleanor Drinkwater!

Meet the team in our recent panel show...

Vaccines need to take into account that the virus can mutate...

The company behind the modern pregnancy test are working on fast and cheap test for the coronavirus...

To research it properly, scientists need key components of the outer coat of the coronavirus...

What actually happens to people infected with the coronavirus? A lung pathologist explains...

A chance discovery of a near-complete skull is the oldest yet example of a modern-looking, toothless bird...

Scientists have discovered life in the deepest parts of the rock floor under the oceans...

Whales get stranded on beaches - and seem to do it more when there's radio interference coming off the sun...

Which animal has the most impressive colour vision?

Gorillas need their space like humans need their space

How do you predict how a disease will spread?

Are direct to consumer DNA tests changing the way we see ourselves and our families?