Serious flu risk could be identified with genetic test
Findings show that the severity of infection can be partially governed by a person’s genetic make-up, and opens the door to new types of anti-viral drugs
September 2014
The H word
The big Australian science picnic of 1914
The H word
Tattoos for Time Travellers at the British Science Festival 2014
September 2013
Science Weekly
Science Weekly podcast: Shooting badgers and 'hacking' the climate
As the UK badger cull gets under way, we discuss the methods and whether it's likely to work. Plus, geoengineering, Voyager 1 and epigenetics
July 2013
The H word
Taking (history of) science to town: Manchester meetings
Next week Manchester hosts the biggest ever history of science conference. Rebekah Higgitt looks at how it compares to the British Association for the Advancement of Science meetings held there in the 19th century
September 2012
Science Weekly
Science Weekly podcast: Encode fills in the gaps in the human genome
Computational biologist Dr Ewan Birney explains the objectives of the Encode project
September 2011
Science Weekly
Science Weekly podcast: British Science Festival 2011 special
Notes & Theories
Sports data and the recipe for success
Notes & Theories
Dark matter of the genome
Price of alcohol is 'obscenely low'
Notes & Theories
Get ready for CSI: Soil
B-vitamins may slow onset of Alzheimer's, study finds
London Olympics athletes given anti-doping warning by scientists
Notes & Theories
We hold technology metals in the palms of our hands. But for how much longer?
September 2010
Low-dose Prozac may help relieve the misery of PMS
Notes & Theories
David Willetts ducks questions about the future of science funding
Agony aunt tears up the rules of the dating game
London is overdue for a major earthquake, warns seismologist
Obesity crisis 'cannot be solved by exercise alone'
Failure to act on early signs of rheumatoid arthritis could prove fatal
