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Reports
10,000 polar artefacts, with a rolling exhibition and other artefacts kept in deep freeze vaults. Of course there are many exhibits belonging to the ill-fated Scott exhibition of 1912, including personal letters – it was difficult not to be moved by...
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Reports
10,000 polar artefacts, with a rolling exhibition and other artefacts kept in deep freeze vaults. Of course there are many exhibits belonging to the ill-fated Scott exhibition of 1912, including personal letters – it was difficult not to be moved by...
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Reports
Unearthing the buried soul: Homo naledi and the evolution of hominin mortuary practices 19 July 2021 How have awareness of mortality and the rituals associated with death and treatment of human remains evolved over time? Is modern Homo sapiens unique...
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Are our memories formed by an ancient virus?
Arc, a key protein in memory formation, looks and behaves like a retrovirus, moving RNA between cells in a virus-like capsid. Elissa Pastuzyn explains how this extraordinary protein ended up in our genome The Biologist 65(3) p14-17 Understanding how...
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Closing the digital loophole
Adam McCarthy looks at how to link open and widely-shared digital genetic sequences with the ecosystems and nations where they are found in nature September 12th 2022 Adam McCarthy is the RSB’s policy intern and a PhD student at the University of...
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The digital loophole
Adam McCarthy looks at how to link open and widely-shared digital genetic sequences with the ecosystems and nations where they are found in nature September 12th 2022 Adam McCarthy is the RSB’s policy intern and a PhD student at the University of...
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My Lab Unlocked: Dr Parvez Alam FRSB
Dr Parvez Alam FRSB and his team work within the Materials Modelling and Design Lab at The University of Edinburgh, researching biological organisms from an engineering perspective 21st May 2021 My group works in biomimetic design. We combine a wide...
