With all the exercise reindeers supposedly get up to (think flying across the globe) how do they keep cool with such a well-insulating coat? Here’s the answer

Biology week starts on the 16th October. Explore some of the ways to get involved in Manchester and from the comfort of your home

Deep, dark and dreadful. Black Salt Games’ debut, Dredge, delivers a delightful dunk, with some short lacking narratives.

When Indeever Madireddy’s pet goldfish died, he could have flushed him down the toilet. Instead, he carried out a piece of research that broke new scientific ground…

See the world through a new lens as Johan Eklöf’s ‘The Darkness Manifesto’ poetically exposes the dark undertones of nature, politics and pollution for better or for worse.

Biologist Svante Pääbo won a 2022 Nobel Prize for his sequencing of the neanderthal genome – so why did is the category Physiology or Medicine?

Cattle farming has a huge environmental impact, but seems unlikely to disappear any time soon. Find out how scientists are potty training cows to lesson their impact on climate change.

Can you even fathom giving birth through your penis? We look at how hyenas do this through a pseudo-penis structure

How much do our plants understand about their surroundings? Maybe more than we think.

Every autumn, we know that the leaves will change and fall from trees, but what is the science controlling beautiful phenomenon?

Chloe Tenn reveals the potential to study and further understand imposter syndrome from a scientific perspective

Edward O’Shea hosts a TEDextra talk at The University of Manchester discussing how genetically manipulated plants may be the answer to tackling climate change

Despite having her appendix removed, the 99-year-old woman never discovered her medical abnormality

In the wake of LGBT history month, we take a look at how scientific understanding of homosexuality shaped our cultural and political attitudes.

Researchesr from Manchester have been involved in the largest ever map of Alzheimer’s and its impacts on the human brain.

The Unit features thousands of mice, rats, and fish to help research in dementia, Alzheimer’s, and cancer among others

Chinese New Year is right around the corner, and contributor Ella Gerry takes the opportunity to explore the significance of the pig in science research.

The research could help with early cancer detection

PrEP can be reduce the risk of catching HIV by 99%

The prevalence of tetralogy of Fallot is estimated to be one in 3,000 live births