Nicholas Folidis imagines a world where we could cheat ageing and cure disease

Lara Williams takes a closer look at the miniature ecosystem within the ubiquitous lichen

Sophie Titman explores the intricate world of bats and advocates for increased conservation efforts to protect these underrated mammals

Phoebe Buxton conducts a thought experiment, imagining a world in which bacteria suddenly cease to exist

Nicole Rosik highlights the importance of bees and warns of the consequences if we do not help to recover bee populations

Sean O’Brien explores the research that earned the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and its implications for the future

Adam Dorey delves into the strange, slowed-down world of sloths

Abigail Joyce discusses the ethical issues surrounding HeLa cells, the first immortalised cell line to be used in scientific research

Farhana Alam discusses the effects of a modern lifestyle on circadian rhythms and on human health

Courtney Kousser travels back in evolutionary time to explore the relationship between humans and Neanderthals

Tiffany Idle unravels the legal issues surrounding ownership of DNA samples

Mia Wroe urges the public to learn from the past to save the future in the face of impending global catastrophe

Chyi Chung traces the roots of cut flowers unearthed in Ton van Zantvoort’s documentary film, A Blooming Business

Haneef Akram explores the biomedical mechanism underlying vampirism

Hannah Stephens discovers that the absurd futuristic tropes suggested in Friends aren’t far from reality after all

Anna Pitts rides along the waves of impact following David Attenborough’s latest documentary series

Jayde Martin challenges the deceiving depiction of genetic determinism in GATTACA

Federico Abatecola unravels the mystery behind the slo-mo phenomena

Jayde Martin highlights the role of evolution in developing the genome editing tool

Bruce Saleeb-Mousa explores an extraordinary way animals are able to navigate