Genesis Machines: The New Science of Biocomputation by Martyn Amos
Bill Thompson investigates bio-computing with Martyn Amos
Science & Technology
Thinker: Francis Crick
Matt Ridley unravels the humanist code of Francis Crick
The Comet Sweeper: Caroline Herschel’s Astronomical Ambitions by Claire Brock
Brenda Maddox is swept off her feet by an astronomical biography
Bad vibrations
AC Grayling reports on the battle for the soul of a science
Future Perfect: the transhumanist quest to defeat death
Transhumanists would like to cheat death and redesign genes. But Anita Silvers is not sure that would be wise
Dancing with dinosaurs
The Christian right is on the rise in America – thanks to the disastrous effects of globalisation, writes Chris Hedges
Anti-God squad
Caspar Melville speaks to the Rational Response Squad, America's new web-savvy atheist activists
Schools for scoundrels
Religious groups are rushing to take advantage of the Blair government's new education policy, reports Francis Beckett. And guess who's paying for it?
Diary
Comedian Robin Ince is blinded by science
A Guinea Pig’s History of Biology
Lewis Wolpert learns the facts of life from plants