Interviews about Biology

How sea life is succumbing to plastic pollution...

How the environment has made us the way we are...

A reversible contraceptive technique for males has been developed by researchers in China.

Genetically modified chickens package up proteins needed for life-saving drugs in their egg whites.

Taxonomy could help ensure that the resources in our oceans are managed in a sustainable manner.

Oxytocin makes rats more adventurous and protects their cells from ageing...

How do smells influence memory consolidation during sleep?

Mollicutes bacteria help leafcutter ants to become better fungus farmers.

Oestrogen response in breast cancer cells is not cyclical, as previously thought.

Why can prolonged sitting down be bad for our health, and what can we do about it?

How can you tell which precursors to lung cancer will become cancer, and which won't?

Why do we run a fever when we get infected?

Our favourite beverage may be under threat of extinction.

A new technique uses existing drugs to transform cancer cells.

How can stress impact on kids' health behaviours, and what can be done to help?

What does stress do to our decision of whether to choice a healthy, or not so healthy, snack?

How distracting are you as a car passenger? The answer could lie in your own driving skills....

How can two very different cheeses be made from the same milk?!

It’s not just us humans that take advantage of fermentation to enhance food. This biochemical process also happens in...

We can use other microbes to unlock flavours and energy locked up chemically in harvested food.

Soil isn’t just a source of water and minerals for plants; it’s a whole ecosystem teeming with microscopic life.

Scientists had overlooked the unlikely hero that helps the ecosystem to defend itself.

The pesky virus invades cells and there are unfortunately no vaccines or drug treatments that can stop it... Yet!

Mitochondrial inheritance has spun the scientific community on its head...