14:00 26 December 2009

There was plenty to hold the attention of those with an academic interest in sexual attraction and reproduction

14:00 26 December 2009

It was a year as hopeful as it was scary, with a flu pandemic, genome hackers and fresh hopes for Alzheimer's disease and HIV

NEWS PREVIEW 2010:  12:00 22 December 2009  | 9 comments

Gene hunters will start routinely working with complete human genome sequences, releasing a new wave of discovery in human health

FEATURE:  08:00 22 December 2009  | 7 comments

Most of us steer well clear of halitosis, body odour, farts and smelly feet – but these researchers have a keen nose for their biological mysteries

16:16 21 December 2009  | 41 comments

Generous people aren't fighting the urge to screw others over – the desire for fairness lies in a brain area that controls intuition and emotion

NEWS PREVIEW 2010:  12:00 19 December 2009  | 16 comments

Beethoven used a primitive version, but it's something much more sophisticated that is set to restore hearing to people with a common form of deafness

GALLERY:  16:14 18 December 2009

These are the weirdest objects in the Wellcome Library in London – can you guess what they are?

IN BRIEF:  18:00 16 December 2009  | 10 comments

Knowing which parent particular genes came from is crucial to predicting whether a child is at increased risk of developing certain diseases

18:20 15 December 2009  | 14 comments

If the repertoire of signals the brain implant can translate is widened, it could revolutionise communication for people with complete paralysis

20:00 14 December 2009  | 26 comments

Copycat red blood cells can squeeze through the smallest spaces to deliver drugs and imaging agents anywhere in the body