Cracking the Covid code
Meet an Edinburgh PhD candidate tracking the pandemic’s mutations… A group of students at the University of Edinburgh are in the vanguard of the microscopic war against Covid-19, trying to…
An in depth look at one of nature’s deepest lurkers: the gulper eel
Gulper eels (Eurypharynx pelecanoides) are fascinating creatures, found in the depths of temperate and tropical oceans around the globe at depths from 500 m to 7,625 m. The gulper eel…
A mind of their own: the fungi that make insects do their bidding
An ant scuttles through the rainforest. Seemingly brainwashed, the ant is on a mission to ascend the nearest plant and clamp down hard on a leaf. Here the ant will…
The raw passions of the wild bed – how do animals do it?
I think it is safe to assume that you know how human sex works – although considering the effectiveness of most current sexual education programs I wouldn’t be surprised to…
Flight dynamics: study suggests value of wing sensors
A new study from the University of Washington indicates that insects’ wings double up as sensitive gyroscopes. Gyroscopes are used to measure orientation, and are present in many devices, from…