Interviews about Biology

Interviews about genetics, ecology and evolution, insects, mammals, marine science, plants and zoology...

01 October 2019

Gene therapy for HIV - with two different kinds of gene treatments...

01 October 2019

Retinitis pigmentosa is a disorder that can cause blindness - but gene therapy might be able to stop it...

01 October 2019

Treating a muscle-wasting disease by "covering up" the damaged DNA...

01 October 2019

What does gene therapy actually mean? Here's the quick-fire science...

01 October 2019

Archaeologists have detected milk in bottles from thousands of years ago...

01 October 2019

The number of people waiting for a heart transplant has reached a record high...

01 October 2019

A landmark report on the state of the world's oceans and icy regions...

23 September 2019

We look at some prize winning itch-science

23 September 2019

Why are so many birds vanishing?

17 September 2019

Which actually has more bacteria lurking inside: dog fur, or a human beard?

17 September 2019

In Australia, one in every five seagulls is carrying antibiotic-resistant bacteria...

17 September 2019

Everyone’s rate of fat burning drops with age, a study using nuclear fallout shows...

13 September 2019

There's no gene for cuteness, but here's the next-best thing...

13 September 2019

What secrets do Bruce's DNA hold?

13 September 2019

What's the future for flat-faced dogs?

13 September 2019

Jeff Schoenebeck's team are trawling through dog genomes to find out what causes brachycephaly...

13 September 2019

A century and a half of dog breeding has left its mark...

13 September 2019

He's fifteen weeks old, he chews on everything, and he's chock full of genes...

10 September 2019

Take a look at our science QnA panel who are taking on your questions...

03 September 2019

Scientists have discovered a new target for making anti-malaria drugs...

03 September 2019

Why have the Amazon fires happened, and what might be the consequences?

20 August 2019

Skin is one of our most important - and largest - organs. But sometimes it's in the firing line...

20 August 2019

It's advised to do 10,000 steps a day - that's 3.65 million steps every year and our hips are taking the hit.