The number of people with food allergies has risen sharply in the last few decades, especially in Western nations. Around 8% of American children now have a ...

When it comes to identifying a rapist, one of the main pieces of evidence police analyze are pubic hairs found at the crime scene. But most of these hairs ar...

My story about how rogue bacteria and their DNA is contaminating microbiome studies that I reported on for Imperial College's news site also made it into Imp...

Some studies on the relationship between microbes and human health may be producing incorrect results due to lab contamination, according to a study. The stu...

I wrote the 'Lab Notes' section in the Discover section of The New Review, part of The Observer newspaper, which was published today. 1) Scientists have foun...