Biology

We look at the UK government's decision overnight to allow 3 person IVF - what it means, and why some fear it could lead to designer babies. Audio

Professors of physics (Al-Khalili) and molecular genetics (McFadden) at the University of Surrey, who collaborated on the new book, Life on the Edge. Audio

Justin O'Riain is a South African Professor of Biology who's an expert on wildlife wars - the clash between human habitats and animals in the wild, and the drivers of the conflict. Based at the… Audio

Since he discovered a colony of fairy prions breeding on the sea cliffs of St Clair, Graeme Loh has provided artificial burrows and monitored the small seabird population Audio

Amy Yewdall is trying to create functional nanowires from self-stacking protein rings which may one day be used in nanomachines Audio

American marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols on the calming influence of wild water. Audio

In 'The Story of the Human Body' Harvard evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman writes a book about how the human body has evolved over millions of years. Audio

Two researchers at the University of Missouri have shown that plants may in fact be able to detect sound. Heidi Appel and Rex Cocroft recorded the sound of a cabbage butterfly caterpillar chewing a… Audio

University of Canterbury scientists are developing a device to microinject individual biological cells automatically Audio

Computational biology can answer questions as varied as peopling the globe through to the genetics of fungal pathogens. Audio

Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology, and member of the International Scientific Advisory Panel of the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution. She co-authored the influential study… Audio

A biologist and geologist combine efforts to figure out how rivers changed course in the past. Audio