TheBiologistVol 69 No 3 • Autumn 2022

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

INSIDE

STEM CELLS

IN SPACE The benefits of labs in low orbit

BIOTERR0R OR BIOERROR? Matthew Cobb on gene drives

SAFE CROSSING The schemes saving

millions of toads

How ‘cryptozoology’ tried and failed to be a real scientific field Crypto-creatures