The sunscreen of the sea
Bleached coral, with healthy coral in the background. Image credit: Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0. Coral reefs are one of the...
Turning invisible: lessons from cephalopod cells
Ellie Bennett looks at the way in which cephalopod cells might hold the key to turning our dreams of invisibility...
COVID-19, a disease of the blood vessels?
Image credit: Gerd Altmann, Pixabay. COVID-19 baffled doctors and scientists around the world with its strange symptoms and disproportionate mortality...
Growing evidence for climate change that sparked dawn of dinosaurs
Image credit: Enrique Lopez Garre, Pixabay. During the Carnian Stage in the late Triassic Period, around 237 to 227 million...
Lessons from the DRC as they emerge victorious in their 10th battle against Ebola
Simran Kapoor explores what the world can learn from the DRC’s success in combating Ebola, whilst they simultaneously grapple with...
What can we learn from ye olde medicine?
Ellie Bennett explores how answers to the global problem of antimicrobial resistance, a decidedly modern phenomenon, may lie in the...
NASA rover ‘Perseverance’ sets off in search of life on Mars
Perseverance and Ingenuity, artist’s concept. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Launched on 30 July, NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is sending the Mars...
Blood iron emerges as a potential key to anti-ageing
Image credit: Jill Wellington, Pixabay Growing old may be an inevitable part of our lives, but can we overcome the...
Scientific culture – do we need to slow down?
Seán Dunphy explores how the structures of academic funding and publishing have shaped modern scientific culture. Thousands marching to fight...