Giving away our DNA
Sold as an empowering route to better health, are genetic testing kits any more than a data grab?
Science & Technology
Miracle of the plague year
Bubonic plague is raging in London. A 22-year-old man named Isaac Newton is isolating at his family farm.
Modified humans
Will the rapid advance of gene-editing technology have unintended consequences?
“We need to make sure that lives are valued fairly”
Q&A with Howard Steven Friedman, author of "Ultimate Price: The Value We Place on Life".
AI antibiotics
The threat of antibiotic resistance is looming, but artificial intelligence may show the way forward
Wonderchicken
Evidence of a modern bird species living side by side with dinosaurs has been uncovered
Video fatigue
Why are video calls so taxing for the brain?
No matter
We exist because of an imbalance between particles and anti-particles. How did it come about?
Living bricks
What if you could combine the structural integrity of a brick with the ability to self-replicate and grow?
“Men are biologically fragile”
Q&A with Sharon Moalem, author of "The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women"