21 September 2022
Your genes and environment play a big part in forming you, but there is an unexplored third element at play too: luck. The chance events that shape your brain in the womb may influence who you become as much as your genetics, and perhaps even more than...
17 February 2021
Curiosity about how well our bodies are ageing has fuelled an industry around telomere length tests, but the much touted “biological clock” in our DNA isn’t what we thought
20 January 2021
Lack of diversity in genome studies means that treatments derived from them are leaving people of colour behind. Changing that isn’t only about justice – it could also lead to new therapies that would otherwise go undiscovered
19 August 2020
We are finally solving the mystery of why motion can make us queasy – just in time to help us deal with nausea-inducing VR headsets, driverless cars and space tourism
29 July 2020
We know that women live longer and are less susceptible to certain diseases than men. That may be down to the benefits of having two X chromosomes
18 December 2019
So what if Rudolph can’t really fly? He and the herd have some truly amazing evolutionary adaptations that could inspire new treatments for human diseases
11 December 2019
How much of our make-up is predetermined by our genes, and how much by our environment? The truth is that we're asking entirely the wrong question
