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Behind the scenes at the Evolution MegaLab

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin, researchers are conducting the largest evolutionary survey undertaken in a wild species....

Can what happens in the womb last a lifetime?

Researchers at Imperial College London are studying the effects of a pregnant woman's emotional state on her developing fetus. ...

Designs for Life

Designs for Life is an innovative fusion of science and art resulting from a collaboration between The Oxford Trust, Diamond Light Source and the...

Do you feel like a vet?

Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College have developed a series of unique virtual reality simulators using touch technology. The simulators...

Domestic science: Victorian naturalists at home

Not all scientists need expensive laboratories and complicated equipment! In the 19th century many scientists, including Charles Darwin, conducted...

Exhibition extra: experiment and explore

Two family-friendly events...

Fishing for clues: why medical researchers are glowing with excitement

Researchers from the MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics at the University of Sheffield are using genetically modified zebrafish...

From fossils to photography: Victorian science

In 1859 Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, his groundbreaking work on evolution by natural selection. The idea has been...

International Expedition Prize - science in New Zealand

This was the adventure of a lifetime for two young British science students James (Jamie) Stefanek and Elisabeth (Lily) Muller; winners of the...

Ladybird, ladybird: unravelling the story of an alien invader

Scientists from five institutions have been working to monitor the spread and impact of the invasive harlequin ladybird since its arrival in...

Nature's raincoats

Researchers from the University of Oxford and Nottingham Trent University are working together to understand the ways that plants and insects...

The Chewing Robot: a new biologically-inspired way to test dental materials

Researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bristol and Bristol Dental School have developed a sophisticated...

The Palaeodetectives: digging up small molecules with big messages from the past

Chemists at the University of Bristol are studying remnant organic molecules preserved in artefacts and geological deposits for hundreds,...

The Snapdragon's tale

Researchers from the John Innes Centre and the University of East Anglia are studying snapdragon flowers to understand the genes that influence...

The teenage brain - a work in progress

Researchers from the University College London and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany, are studying how the brain...