Sean O'Neill

Open your mind to interdisciplinary research

Forget biology, chemistry or physics – the most exciting research is happening at the interface of the disciplines

Inside the venom factory

Nick Casewell extracts venom from the worlds most lethal snakes. And he is developing an antivenom that will be nothing short of revolutionary

Endgame? It's just the beginning

Chess legend Garry Kasparov knows first-hand how it feels to lose out to AI. Now he says we need to stop worrying and learn to love it

If you go down to the woods today

…you might find Ben Sheldon, head of an ecology experiment that has been running continuously for nearly 70 years

Sperm with added aggro

Theres more than mere sperm in ejaculate, and these smuggled extras may change female behaviour, says Eleanor Bath

Inspired by spidey sense

Most artificial skin only senses pressure. Ahmed Alfadhel aims to recreate our full range of touch – down to the flutter of a fly

We're sucking our water world dry

Ignoring the sustainable limits of our fresh water supply will have grave consequences, warns Arjen Hoekstra , and the remedies will be hard to swallow

You are… a mutant

Genes from other species, and cells from your relatives, live inside your body – and they hint at how we can improve ourselves

Nomad's land

Clues to the Saharas verdant past lie in its most extreme landscapes. Geologist Stefan Kropelin is on their trail

Cuckoos against the clock

Their evolutionary arms race is a wonder to behold, but the UKs cuckoos are vanishing at an alarming rate, says Nick Davies