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Short and sweet version of my dissertation

December 2, 2013by Isobel Routledge Leave a comment

Bacteria produce toxins which kill other bacteria, called bacteriocins. Close relatives of the toxin-producing bacteria have a gene which gives them immunity from the toxin. This means all the clones […]

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Death by Sex : why would an animal mate itself to death?

November 27, 2013by Isobel Routledge Leave a comment

A study published last month described several species of small mammals partaking in “suicidal reproduction”. That is, mating which is so energetic and stressful that animals die as a result. […]

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Parasites and Films

December 28, 2012by Isobel Routledge Leave a comment

Just working on an article about how parasites control the behaviour of their hosts and just had to share this video of the creatures that burst out of their host […]

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Gotta recognise ’em all?

December 9, 2012by Isobel Routledge Leave a comment

Pokemon combined with state-of-the-art brain imaging could be a new tool for understanding how we recognise faces! Scientists at Indiana University  found that when shown pokemon characters, kids who played a […]

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Hagfish slime : new super-strong biomaterial?

December 8, 2012by Isobel Routledge Leave a comment

Hagfish slime : new super-strong biomaterial? Apparently the slime that hagfish make by the bucketload could be made into a mega strong and sustainable fibre. Mmmm fish slime armour…. Here’s […]

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