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Articles by subject: biology

Book review: Evolution and Belief by Robert Asher (by Adam Rutherford, January/February 2012 )
Adam Rutherford tires of zombie arguments about creationism
Book review: The Viral Storm by Nathan Wolfe (by Mark Pagel, November/December 2011 )
Mark Pagel faces the threat from pandemics
Blood and guts (by Owen Hatherley, March/April 2011 )
Dublin Science Gallery’s latest exhibition Visceral crosses the boundaries between art and biology. Owen Hatherley pays a stomach-churning visit
Mortal fear? Laurie Taylor interviews Lewis Wolpert (by Laurie Taylor, March/April 2011 )
Do we have to die? Biologist Lewis Wolpert talks to Laurie Taylor about the mysteries of ageing
Slings & arrows (by Timothy Taylor, July/August 2010 )
Evolutionary archaeologist Timothy Taylor on the outrageous fortune that made us the dominant ape
Is anyone out there? (by Paul Davies, March/April 2010 )
Aliens, Martians, extraterrestrials – how do we find out whether there’s life on other planets? Paul Davies has a formula
Battle of the Babies (by Caspar Melville, March/April 2010 )
A new book argues that liberal secularism and high birth rates are fuelling a revival of religious fundamentalism. Caspar Melville speaks to its author Eric Kaufmann
The Pure Society: From Darwin to Hitler by André Pichot (by Benjamin Noys, May/June 2009 )
Benjamin Noys discovers the modern mutations of eugenics
Teenagers: A Natural History by David Bainbridge (by Bill Thompson, January/February 2009 )
Bill Thompson gets down with the kids
Dinner with Darwin (by Caspar Melville, January/February 2008 )
To celebrate the birthday of the father of evolution we asked a selection of scientific commentators, including Steve Jones and Jerry Coyne, what they’d like to say to him round the supper table.
A Guinea Pig's History of Biology (by Lewis Wolpert, May/June 2007 )
Lewis Wolpert learns the facts of life from plants
The elephant bird's tale (by Richard Dawkins, September/October 2004 )
In an exclusive extract from his latest book, a Chaucerian pilgrimage to the remote past, Richard Dawkins roams the lost continent of Gondwana
Fight for Survival (by Mark Pagel, Winter 2002 )
Mark Pagel learns from an old master
Biological Birthrights (by Jonathan Cowie, Spring 2002 )
Jonathan Cowie looks at the potential dangers and benefits of biological enhancement
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