Viral Whodunit: Investigating the origins of SARS-CoV-2
Eloise Elkington explores the largely disputed origins of COVID-19 and how evidence suggests but not proves a wet market origin.
Eloise Elkington explores the largely disputed origins of COVID-19 and how evidence suggests but not proves a wet market origin.
George Rabin reports on new findings which oppose the conventional idea that insects are attracted to light.
Izzie Farrance reports on the new finding that genes contributing to multiple sclerosis may have spread due to ancient population migrations.
Molly Bleach explores how scientific imagination can be a way of explaining data as well as preceding revolutionary findings.
Kristian Suszczenia explores the origin of life, and how it required evolution for complexity, but also complexity for evolution.
Zariel Konadu discusses how anatomy can be a relic of historical evolutionary selection pressures, particularly the appendix.
Jen Jiang discusses the transformative impact of ancient DNA research in human history emphasising the need for cultural respect in research.
George Rabin takes a deep dive into aestivation, a process that allows lungfish to lay dormant during dry spells in the rivers they inhabit.
Ellie Smith explores animal tool use, focusing on ecological and cognitive factors affecting its rarity and diversity.
Ilke Boran explores the origins of life and identifies moons beyond Earth with the potential to support thriving biological systems.