25 April 2023
It is widely thought that Rosalind Franklin was a victim whose work on DNA was stolen, but a letter and unpublished magazine story add to the evidence that this view is misleading
29 July 2022
Understanding proteins and their complex 3D shapes is key to understanding life, and especially for developing drugs
22 February 2019
The mystery of why zebras have stripes has puzzled biologists for decades, and while we are closing in on the answer, the question isn’t settled yet
20 June 2018
The psychological and physical effects of serious trauma are likely to impact the children being separated from their families at the US border for years
20 March 2018
With Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, dead it is natural to ask if we can bring these animals back with biotechnology - but there is nowhere for them to live
31 January 2018
An orca called Wikie who learned to mimic human speech could teach us a lot about killer whale culture – but that’s no reason to keep orcas in captivity
3 January 2018
China is giving Western nations a headache with a ban on imports of "foreign garbage" to recycle, but the move is also creating a Chinese cardboard shortage
22 November 2017
Campaigners say a recent UK vote will deny sentience to animals, but the reality is rather different. The real issue is what happens to animal welfare post-Brexit
16 November 2017
Invasive pests could be eliminated by so-called gene drives, but we must make sure they can’t spread beyond our control
3 August 2017
A NASA job advert has made for excited headlines, but the agency isn’t hiring someone to protect us from aliens – it wants someone to protect alien microbes from us
