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14 April 2018
Our gene of the month is more at home at a rave than in a labUnlike most of our colourfully-named genes, this one was...
12 April 2018
Using European plant and dairy waste as an alternative to soy-based animal feed could see a big drop in agricultural...
11 April 2018
Oceans are noisy. Shrimps snap their claws, whales sing to find a mate and dolphins echolocate to find food. However...
29 March 2018
You could call it fatal attraction. Drawn by artificial lights in our brightening night-time world, animals find their...
15 March 2018
I often get a rock or a twig for my birthday. It probably sounds a bit odd, but you see, we lichenologists - people who...
14 March 2018
A fiery gene that suppresses dwarves.
08 March 2018
We have all been there. You have just sat down, perhaps on a train or in a lecture, when the person next to you sneezes...
05 March 2018
How dinosaurs turned into modern-day birds...
23 February 2018
A guide to the latest genome editing technology...
14 February 2018
A fruit fly gene named after a gentle giant.
22 January 2018
Why almost 90% of humans are right handed is a mystery. The hypothesis presented here is that having your heart on the...
14 January 2018
A master controller inspired by a computer game.
13 January 2018
Significant palaeoenvironmental changes that occurred during the Quaternary, the most recent geological period, could...
21 December 2017
Research has revealed that our microbiome can fluctuate with the seasons.
21 December 2017
A new filtration system that uses natural molecules to remove hormone-affecting chemicals from wastewater has succeeded...
14 December 2017
This gene is larger than life
07 December 2017
The chemistry behind social behaviour in animals, including the bond between people and dogs – and the lack of one...
24 November 2017
Did the evolutionary process towards musical abilities begin in the primeval oceans? And have Human footsteps...
16 November 2017
Analysing regional differences in the DNA of wood and has allowed scientists to determine the location of the original...
14 November 2017
Our Gene of the Month is in the pub already.
08 October 2017
This gene is up all night!
14 September 2017
A gene named after a mythical dog with multiple heads.
04 September 2017
How reptiles turned into mammals...
14 August 2017
Our gene of the month is all ears.