115 years since the magic bullet
The story of Paul Ehrlich, who devoted his life to research and revolutionised medicine with the first antibiotic and origin of chemotherapy
The Chinese giant salamander
The significance of this amphibian and why its numbers are in decline
Silwood Park's 75th Anniversary
The bastion of world-leading entomology, pure ecology, and evolution , biodiversity and conservation research celebrates its 75th anniversary
The opioid epidemic and the future of pain treatment
The roots of the opioid epidemic and their relevance to the future of analgesics
How to secure your digital life
The final instalment of Marc Richly's series on encryption
The rarest cancer in the world?
A mutation in a tapeworm led to the only recorded case of cancer by proxy
Encryption: how it works, why we should care, and what we can do
The first part of Marc Richly's three-part series on encryption
How to solve the problem of snakebites
Staff writer Wang Guo takes a look at snake bites and a universal cure for them
This week in Science (27/05/2022)
Electrical gene control and water on the moon
Climate change made heatwave in India and Pakistan 30 times more likely, says WWA study
“Because of climate change, the probability of an event such as that in 2022 has increased by a factor of about 30”
Will humans be excluded from Biology?
As technology advances, there is growing potential to advance beyond the boundaries of our human bodies
Computers will make our drugs in the future
The development of AI and large datasets will help automate the processes of drug discovery and development.