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

27 May 2012

Do motorways create their own special ecosystem? How do plants from one environment survive between the lanes of a...

13 May 2012

What is it that gives toenails their cheesy aroma?

29 April 2012

I guess that the gene that codes for men having hairy chests and backs is an evolutionary advantage in response to an...

01 April 2012

Many of us have some extra energy stored as fat, so why do we ever feel hungry? Why doesn't the body manage it...

18 March 2012

We know of transmissible tumours in the animal world, but is there any way you can catch cancer from other people?

26 February 2012

As the old joke goes... if you cross a kangaroo with a sheep you get a wooly jumper. But is it now possible with...