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Satellite image of an algal bloom

Survival of the fattest

Placed end to end, the viruses in our oceans would stretch for 200m light years. But what do they do?

5 March 2010

Setting up

Gardening for greenhouse gases

Finding out how different plants affect the carbon in moorlands.

26 February 2010

The Boscombe bowmen

Finding the wisdom in teeth

Scientific techniques are transforming the study of the past.

19 February 2010

Fieldwork in Azerbaijan

What's hiding in the basement?

Geology from Durham to Azerbaijan.

12 February 2010

Saharan dust storm

Settling dust

Desert dust blown on the wind has a profound effect on the Earth's climate and energy balance.

5 February 2010

Money

Pounds, shillings & pence

How much are natural resources worth?

29 January 2010

Yeast cells

Secrets of the yeast

Scientists are discovering unexpected complexity in the genome of the humble yeast.

22 January 2010

Starfish

Star turns

Using sea stars' ability to turn themselves the right way up to measure the effects of pollution.

13 January 2010

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