Life
In the beginning: The story of the embryo
The embryo was little more than a hypothesis until the microscope came along. Jane Maienschien explores early life in Embryos Under the Microscope
Culture
Stem cell revival: The 1990s are back
Opinion
Earth
Why did evolution stall during the ‘boring billion’?
News
Environment
Extreme hygiene: Cleaning a hippo’s mighty molars
Regulars
Life
The bacteria that chat back and tell you how they are
News
Health
Weird thought-generator: How society’s fears shape OCD
Features
Earth
Aliens versus predators: The toxic toad invasion
Features
Life
One rule of life: Are we poised on the border of order?
Features
Synthetic biology gets reborn as an aesthetic dream
Culture
Tech breakthroughs mean all can be differently abled
Science won’t just fix impaired senses – it can give us new ones, too
Opinion
Deaf people get gene tweak to restore natural hearing
News
Why we get autism but our Neanderthal cousins didn’t
News
Earth
Virtual Earth plays out fate of life on the planet
News
Environment
Flesh-eating sponges are beautiful but deadly
Regulars