TheBiologistVol 70 No 2 • Summer 2023

THE MAGAZINE OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF BIOLOGY www.rsb.org.uk

Small wonder

Revealing the hidden world of plankton at night

INSIDE

METABOLISING

PLASTIC Can microbes help us clean up our planet?

GROWING ON GAMMA The fungi that feed on deadly radiation

AI AND BIODIVERSITY Using machine learning to discover new proteins