1+ hour, 29+ min ago  (269+ words) By Anthony King10 March 2026 Cone snails deploy sophisticated venom cocktails to paralyse prey. Anthony King talks to the researchers harnessing these peptides to develop new pain medications This summary was generated by AI and checked by a human editor Holford's lab…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (370+ words) Dinoflagellates create some of nature's most spectacular light shows, yet their bioluminescent chemistry remains poorly understood. Rachel Brazil explores how researchers are unravelling the unique reactions behind the sea sparkle phenomenon and what it might reveal about evolution and future…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (674+ words) Top tips from David Boyce and his class, who have cultivated a 3kg single copper sulfate crystal David Boyce and students at Queenswood School have grown a giant single crystal of copper sulfate over the course of a year A classic…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (492+ words) By Chris Baker13 February 2026 Forty years ago, in 1986, the International Whaling Commission banned all commercial whaling. But could chemistry have ended whaling more than 100 years earlier, and saved the lives of more than 3 million whales? Abraham Gesner is the man who…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (98+ words) This week, we discuss the new deep learning model AlphaGenome and visit the very beginning of life on Earth with Mason Wakley and Neil Withers. We would love to hear your feedback on this new podcast, so if you have…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (182+ words) Payal Joshi draws inspiration for organic mechanisms from graceful avian poses It all began with a typical day in my lab planning organic reactions and following industry protocols. I was troubleshooting a difficult step in a reaction that refused to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (342+ words) Spectroscopic analysis has allowed scientists to study preserved animal specimens that were collected on the Gal'pagos Islands by Charles Darwin, without opening their containers. The technique could inform the handling and safekeeping of historic samples held in museum collections, while…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (318+ words) EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said he has a personal interest in ending animal testing at the agency The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recommitted to a goal from the first Trump administration to end animal testing at the agency…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (193+ words) A question that is not the same as asking whether something is alive Some definitions of life exclude individual mules Asking "what is life?" is a good way to start arguments in science. As a recent informal poll suggests, no…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (375+ words) Cephalopods like blue-ringed octopuses use pigments to change colour to hide themselves " or signal their annoyance Bacteria can be genetically engineered to make the pigment that gives octopuses their camouflage powers, with yields up to a thousand times higher than…...