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Eggshell forensics solve the riddles of ancient birds

We have achieved the delicate and intricate task of teasing DNA sequences from the shells of non-ratite birds, opening up egg collections in museums around the world as a resource for DNA-based research.

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Slime as you’ve never seen it

By Carrie Bengston Last week, the prestigious US journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) published a fascinating article about . . . slime. Not just any old slime but the slime layer made by bacteria as they grow and colonise surfaces like the back of your sore throat when you have a cold,...

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Take a dive into the gene pool with Science Club on BBC Knowledge

Science Club Fans! If you haven’t already, don’t forget to enter the Science Club Competition. All you have to do is tell us in 25 words or less who your favourite Science Club presenter is and why. Up for grabs is a massive science prize pack including a signed copy of Wonders of the Universe,...

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Personal genomics: where science fiction meets reality

This article originally appeared in The Conversation By Emma Huang – CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics Imagine a future where doctors take a strand of your hair or a drop of your blood and tell you your DNA predicts a 78 per cent risk of developing heart disease. On the plus side, it also predicts...

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