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Synthesising Scientists

This summer, thousands of high school students, undergraduates and academics from around the world will be engineering novel biological devices in preparation for the iGEM competition in Boston. The Biologist takes a look at what makes this competition so special

How to....Talk science on TV or Radio

Find out how to get your research discussed on air with Science in Action presenter Professor Adam Hart, and read the Science Media Centre's top tips for commenting on breaking science news

A worm's world

As well as being ubiquitous on land, nematodes are the most abundant multicellular animals on the ocean floor and can teach us a lot about marine environments, explains Laetitia Gunton

Leukemia Lifeblood

Transfusions of umbilical cord blood can provide a life-saving boost to leukaemia patients’ immune systems. So why is banking cord blood the exception rather than the norm, asks Bryn Nelson

“You learn on the job how to think like a filmmaker rather than a biologist”

Tom Ireland talks to filmmaker and former research biologist Dr Elizabeth White, who co-produced the extraordinary BBC series Planet Earth II

Art Imitating Life

Artist Rogan Brown's exquisite sculptures – mostly cut by hand – are inspired by the patterns and forms of the microbial world

Salt Survivors

Joe Zaccai looks at new research on the substances that enable halophile bacteria to function in high salt concentrations