What is Life?
Claire Harris briefly ponders what it means to be alive on this strange planet called Earth, and beyond.
Category: Snippets
Carb Loading – Fact or Fad?
Alice Turner investigates energy use in sport – can eating more carbohydrates before a major exercise event help improve and sustain energy levels?
The assisted evolution of corals
Corals risk extinction in the face of pollution and global warming, faster than they can adapt – a problem for the people that depend on them. How do we save them?
Of Animation and Conservation
Animated movies draw heavily on the natural world for inspiration. However, are their casting choices encouraging environmentally irresponsible pet trends?
Tumour Heterogeneity and Cancer Therapy Challenges
Sarah Neidler explores tumour relapse after initial response to therapy and explains how recent technological developments may help to overcome this problem.
For Chemistry, Seeing is Believing
Atomic force microscopy can provide highly detailed information on chemical systems, giving us important new insights into how chemical reactions occur.
Tornadoes and Flesh-Eating Fungi
How could a tornado be responsible for an outbreak of a rare flesh-eating fungal infection?
Single-Cell Learning
Slime mold may not have a nervous system – but it is the first single-cell organism to show an ability to learn, demonstrating a simple type of learning called habituation.
