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Interviews about Biology
Interviews about genetics, ecology and evolution, insects, mammals, marine science, plants and zoology...
18 May 2020
At Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, staff had been working without realising they'd had the coronavirus...
18 May 2020
How does the UK's new contact tracing app rank on privacy and data security?
14 May 2020
A study shows that common variations of the ACE2 gene don't affect factors like blood pressure...
14 May 2020
Computer modelling shows versions of the ACE2 gene that may change how the virus binds to cells...
14 May 2020
A popular UK symptom tracking app has revealed that half of the variation between people is genetic...
14 May 2020
Genetic differences may be part of why some people get severe infections - but likely won't explain much...
14 May 2020
ACE is the cousin of ACE2, but they do opposite things. And drugs that inhibit ACE might help with COVID-19...
14 May 2020
ACE2 is the entry gate for the coronavirus - but its day job involves blood pressure...
21 April 2020
Scientists have successfully used a drug to 'trick' the coronavirus out of infecting cells in the lab...
21 April 2020
So far it’s mostly richer countries with huge outbreaks. But if poorer areas get hit, they'll be hit harder...
21 April 2020
Do you know your wrens from your starlings? Mark Eaton from the RSPB has a beginner's guide...
21 April 2020
Do either cooking or refrigeration incapacitate the virus? Chris Smith answers...
15 April 2020
How are scientists adapting to life without their labs? Meet one who's recreated hers in her bathroom...
15 April 2020
Researching the fundamental workings of the coronavirus has revealed a repeat mutation in monkey cells...
15 April 2020
As the coronavirus has left Wuhan to spread around the world, scientists have built its family tree...
14 April 2020
Once the virus is isolated, you can compare it to animal versions - and the evidence so far is uncertain...
14 April 2020
Can you gene sequence the coronavirus? And why would you want to?
14 April 2020
How much vinegar does it take to dissolve an egg shell?
14 April 2020
"How do chicken eggs get fertilised, when there's a shell around them?"
14 April 2020
How do plants get water from their roots to their leaves?
14 April 2020
How can a bunch of flowers bloom, when they've been cut from their roots?
03 April 2020
How well genetic scores predict school achievements...
03 April 2020
From Ebola to Marburg, and coronavirus to rabies, bats carry some of the world's worst viruses. Why?