What is coronavirus and how can we stop it spreading? 🔊
China is experiencing an outbreak of coronavirus which has so far killed seventeen people and infected a further four hundred and forty. The outbreak began in the city of Wuhan, with most of those infected having visited a fish market. Despite authorities initially...
Q+A: How can kelp DNA help us detect earthquakes?
New research has suggested a novel way to measure and potentially predict previously unknown locations that may be prone to earthquakes. The study, led by Professor Jon Waters at the University of Otago, confirms that the region around the New Zealand city of Dunedin...
Does your phone light interfere with your internal clock?
By Jackie Grimm It’s not just sleep: Circadian rhythms influence your metabolism, circulation, and psychology, too, according to Jackie Grimm. On December 30th, 1882, at twenty minutes past eight, the first electric streetlights were turned on in Los Angeles. The few...
Is inheritance about more than just genes?
By Nicola Shepheard Epigenetics has been hailed as the missing link between genes and environment. Nicola Shepheard explores this phenomenon in greater detail and seeks out whether inheritance is about more than just genes. The growing knowledge of how experiences get...
How do new discoveries about X and Y chromosomes challenge what we know? 🔊
New scientific discoveries about x and y chromosomes are challenging what we know about what makes us male or female. Maria Armoudian discusses these discoveries with Jeremy Nathans and Melissa Wilson Sayres. Jeremy Nathans is a Professor of Molecular Biology and...Subscribe by Email
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