A round petri dish is divided in half. One side shows a close-up of a bacterial culture with yellow and brown growth on a teal background. The other side features a close-up of a smiling person with curly hair, wearing a white top and hoop earrings.

Microbes & your skin

THERE’S AN EXTRAORDINARY THING GOING DOWN ON YOUR SKIN! TRILLIONS of microbes, from thousands of species, call your skin home.  Normally, they get along just fine and they provide the…

A scientist wearing blue gloves uses tweezers to examine a small plant. The lab setup includes glassware with liquid and a microscope on a white surface, indicating a focus on plant research or biotechnology.

The future of skincare

In 2003 the Human Genome Project declared that the sequencing of the human genome was complete after 13 years of intense research. It cost $2,7 billion. Now you can have…

An image split into two halves. The left side shows a dead tree on dry, cracked ground under a dark, stormy sky, representing drought or environmental degradation. The right side has a flourishing tree on lush green grass under a bright sunny sky, symbolizing vitality and healthy environment.

Extinction

SAVE THE RHINO – BECAUSE IT’S BIG! Any student of the natural sciences understands this conundrum: all species on the planet contain potentially valuable genetic information but large species are…