Miniature time capsules in the form of ancient DNA
Scientists are now using sedimentary ancient DNA to retrieve genetic information about life from prehistoric times. It only takes a tiny sediment to unlock a vast number of secrets.
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
Alzheimer’s 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.
Topology: the mathematics of play doh
Topology is a branch of mathematics, that emerged very slowly from studies of geometry. However, in the late 1800s and early 1900s, it exploded into one of the largest fields of pure mathematics,...
Yamanaka factors…the key to the fountain of youth?
Forget taking your vitamins and face cream, could recent developments in cell rejuvenation therapy be the ‘cure’ for ageing?
