Whether it be the chemistry determining how a glass of milk transforms into entire cells, the technology allowing us to design our own offspring, or the paleontology revealing how humans managed to evolve from fish, biology is the study of all things life. Encompassing a limitless range of topics, this section unveils how each is connected to the processes that have been so intricately adapted, honed and interwoven over aeons to allow Earth’s most miraculous phenomenon to thrive - life itself.
Biology
Pain. A four-letter word that can mean so much or so little, depending on who you are. But for all of us, it serves an important purpose: that of keeping us alive. When you burn your hand while attempting (unsuccessfully) to make roast dinner for your family, you know that
Biotechnology
How Nanopore Sequencing Is Revolutionising Biology When the first human genome was sequenced completely, it cost an estimated $450 million[i]. Now, thanks to incredible technological advances, just 20 years later we can sequence the entire DNA of a human (foetus or octogenarian) for $600[ii], a cost that is