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Posted by Kat Arney, on 12 August 2021
We wind the clock back thousands of years to discover the stories of Denisovans and direwolves that researchers are now able to read in DNA left in bones or even ...Posted by Michael Heide, on 27 July 2020
By Michael Heide and Wieland B. Huttner Introduction The neocortex is the seat of our higher cognitive abilities that distinguish us from other mammals and that make us human ...Posted by Kat Arney, on 13 February 2020
Adam Rutherford tells us how to argue with a racist, hunting for ghosts in the genome, and recreating the discovery of the double helix in Lego.Posted by Kat Arney, on 2 January 2020
Kat Arney explores the myths and misconceptions behind two of the most iconic images in evolutionary biology.