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9 Oct 2026
Fixing T cells to fight cancer
T cells are a type of lymphocyte, one of our white blood cells that is part of our immune system. T cells take part in the specific immune response - a process that kicks in if a pathogen gets into...
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1 Oct 2026
More AQA and OCR(A) A-Level Biology Quick Questions Student Worksheets by topic added
These are ready-to-use student worksheets (with answers) to test knowledge and understanding of some key topics in the AQA topic sections and OCR modules. AQA Topic section 2 Cells Just added: Cell...
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1 Oct 2026
Bananas to be yellow forever!
We all know that once the banana is peeled it is a race against time to eat it before it goes brown. And few people want to eat a brown banana, so they get thrown away. But it’s not just you...
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18 Sept 2026
A new cat species is discovered
One key definition that students need to know in A-Level Biology is that of a species. A species is group of individuals with a similar appearance who can interbreed successfully to produce fertile...
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14 Sept 2026
AQA and OCR(A) A-Level Biology Quick Questions Student Worksheets by topic
These are ready-to-use student worksheets (with answers) to test knowledge and understanding of some key topics in the AQA topic sections and OCR modules. AQA 3.1 Biological molecules 3.2...
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14 Sept 2026
AQA and OCR(A) A-Level Biology Connection Spinner Retrieval Practice by Topic
This new resource has a random spinner to choose a member of the class to answer the question and then another spinner to choose the question. This gives everyone in the class time to prepare their...
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11 Jun 2026
OCR (A) A-Level Biology Paper 3 Insights
It's getting closer to the final A-Level Biology Paper 3 exam.
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11 Jun 2026
AQA A-Level Biology Paper 3 Insights
It's getting closer to the final A-Level Biology Paper 3 exam.
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5 Jun 2026
OCR(A) A-Level Biology Paper 2 Insights
The OCR A-Level Biology Paper 2 Exam is on Fri 12th June. Here are my observations about which topics haven't been examined for a while and could come up. It is vital to revise and prepare for ALL...
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5 Jun 2026
AQA A-Level Biology Paper 2 Insights
The AQA A-Level Biology Paper 2 Exam is on Fri 12th June. Here are my observations about which topics haven't been examined for a while and could come up. It is vital to revise and prepare for ALL...
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21 May 2026
OCR(A) A-Level Biology Paper 1 Insights
The OCR(A) A-Level Biology Paper 1 Exam is on Thurs 4th June. Here are my observations about which topics haven't been examined for a while and could come up.
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21 May 2026
AQA A-Level Biology Paper 1 Insights
The AQA A-Level Biology Paper 1 Exam is on Thurs 4th June. Here are my observations about which topics haven't been examined for a while and could come up.
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8 May 2026
Human evolution by natural selection for more red hair, less male-pattern baldness and more…
A new study has looked at evolution of West Eurasians over the past 10 000 years and has revealed that nearly 500 genes have changed. It was a large-scale study including the analysis of 16 000...
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10 Apr 2026
Some animals have a gene that allows them to survive high altitude and this same gene also supports brain repair and could be part of the solution to treat humans with brain damage.
Mutations just happen – they are random and spontaneous. Sometimes they result in a new feature, which is an adaptation to the individual with the mutation. Animals that live in high altitude...
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19 Mar 2026
A human mutation that is an adaptation to survive with much less water in drought conditions
Turkana pastoralists in northern Kenya live in one of the driest habitats on Earth. They can survive chronic dehydration and not have kidney damage.
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9 Mar 2026
OCR Hardy-Weinberg Worksheet
This new OCR(A) A-Level Biology resource provides guidance and lots of practice questions for students to work through for the tricky topic of Hardy-Weinberg. Students will gain confidence in...
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9 Mar 2026
AQA Hardy-Weinberg Worksheet
This new AQA A-Level Biology resource provides guidance and lots of practice questions for students to work through for the tricky topic of Hardy-Weinberg. Students will gain confidence in...
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5 Mar 2026
Mutations can give us weird and wonderful phenotypes!
If you were a fearsome predator like a shark – patrolling the waters ready to find and kill prey - your advantage would come by camouflaging into the colours of the water – and being that classic...
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26 Feb 2026
One step closer to a cure for type 1 diabetes
It is though that type 1 diabetes is caused by an autoimmune response where the body’s white blood cells recognise and destroy beta cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. These cells...
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19 Feb 2026
A snail can regrow its eyes in as little as a month!
Biology always offers up the weird and wonderful. This week I want to share with you how we can make use of model organisms to help learn more about human functions with a view to healing after...
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