Practice doesn’t always make perfect – that’s why you’re not in the Olympics
Martha Gill
Scientists urge GPs to share UK patient data for research into new treatments
Uncanny Me review – exploration of cloning tech fraught with moral and ethical questions
‘Goldmine’ collection of wheat from 100 years ago may help feed the world, scientists say
A mystery writer planned to retire. Now she’s leading a team of genetic detectives – and giving murder victims back their names
Neolithic population collapse may have been caused by plague, researchers say
Mulleted mammoth called Chris Waddle helps scientists crack creatures’ genetic code
Scientists uncover genetic disorder that may affect thousands around world
Modern-day dingoes already established across Australia thousands of years ago, research finds
‘Weird and cool’: bilby genome sequence could help to save the species
June 2024
Great science, uncomfortable history: Sir Gustav Nossal and the long tail of eugenics
Freak event probably killed last woolly mammoths, scientists say
The big idea
The big idea: can you inherit memories from your ancestors?
Tobacco-like plant engineered to pump out nutrients found in breast milk
Maya twins myth may have influenced child sacrifices, study suggests
The age of extinction
Eagle attacks, red invaders and a genetic bottleneck: inside the fight to save arctic foxes
Test for genes linked to motor neurone disease offered to relatives in UK
Bowel disease breakthrough as researchers make ‘holy grail’ discovery
Gene therapy trial gives deaf children hearing in both ears
May 2024
Scientists have discovered a 50,000-year-old herpes virus – and perhaps how modern humans came to rule the world
Jonathan Kennedy
Revolutionary ancient DNA evidence indicates that Homo sapiens finished off Neanderthals through deadly infectious diseases, says academic Jonathan Kennedy