Are you flirting with me? How the environment shapes insect sexual signals
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Category: Life Sciences
The science of the everyday
The science behind our mundane world is anything but ā see the world in a different way, as Hazel takes you on a tour of the science of the everyday.
A scientific breakthrough: first fully sequenced human genome
The scientific community has recently experienced a breakthrough – the first fully sequenced human genome!
The truth about the windscreen phenomenon
Are fewer squashed insects on the windscreen a sign of crashing biodiversity?
The science of anxiety
Anxiety is a feeling of distress or uneasiness that everyone experiences from time to time. The feeling is your brain’s normal response to stress, uncertainty, or fear of danger. The short-term response stems...
Does life flash before your eyes?
Recordings of a dying brain give a glimpse of what we experience during our last moments.
Sacrifices in the name of science: is animal use ethically justified?
Two million eight hundred and eighty thousand (2,880,000): that is the number of scientific procedures that were carried out in living animals in the UK in 2020. Quite a high number, right? Yet,...
A new hope for Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimerās Disease is one of the biggest mysteries in modern medicine, with no known cure. However genetic analysis has led to the emergence of TREM2, providing a new direction in Alzheimer’s Disease.
