Biology Articles

Transposons are pieces of DNA that have jumped their way around our genome throughout evolution. What are transposons...

The life of a laboratory animal is not generally an enviable one. However, for some fruitflies in San Francisco it must...

"Neanderthal" was once used as an insult; a term for a stupid, brutish oaf but who were Neanderthals, and how...

The recently discovered traces of ricin in a makeshift laboratory in a flat in London have caused a media frenzy over...

Peter Brennan describes how smells called pheromones can influence our sexual behaviour and how pheromones work...

CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) aims to regulate the trade in animal and plant...

Adel looks at the nuts and bolts of building an animal from genes right up to bones, and discusses similarities between...

What is a smell?

Developments in biological science, have led to a massive increase in the amount of data available in biology and...

The fertility doctor Panos Zavos claimed to have cloned a human baby, while a team of researchers in South Korea also...

Caffeine seems to be vital for the functioning of the modern world, from keeping drivers awake to getting that last...

A report was published warning that Britain's prosperity will suffer if the government does not come up with new...

The brain is probably the most fascinating yet impenetrable organ studied by scientists. One question that remains to...

Research has shown that bald males command a larger harem of females than their hairier counterparts...that is, if the...

Scientists studying the Conus snail have found that it harbours a cocktail of over 50 nerve toxins in its venom, some...

Chris Smith describes how cloning, occuring naturally in your body continuously, will have produced literally metres of...

Dr. Kat Arney discusses the process of genetic imprinting whereby the expression of a gene, and therefore its effects,...

Hold the front page! Some white-coated genius somewhere has found a gene for violence: suddenly our streets will be a...

Dalya Rosner asks whether microchimerism (literally an animal with parts made from lots of animals) causes female...

The recent rush to denounce the Emmanuel City Technology College in Gateshead overwhelming. What is wrong with a state...

What is a DNA fingerprint and how can it help you to solve crimes, identify a baby's father and suss out the best...

My mother-in-law loathes science and loves science. She loathes science because it is used to bulldoze her opinion-...

Imagine if you could turn your muscles into blood cells, or turning your bone marrow into muscle. How about changing...

Cloning and genetic modification (GM) of organisms, including plants and animals, has enormous therapeutic potential....