Wanted: a new breeding ground for antibiotics

An ill wind for the world's wheat

A new kind of financial model could avert another crisis

Venting about Venter

A project at the Aldeburgh festival aims to shed light on the mysterious art of keeping time

Good science starts with a hypothesis. But the human genome project didn’t have one

I offer this humble suggestion for Craig Venter. The next time he is asked if he is "playing God," he might want to ask the questioner what they mean. Venter has just made headlines worldwide for the...

Ash and oil slicks—a fluid question

Hominids, the God particle and bogus cures

Ian McEwan’s new novel is a work of “lab lit” genre fiction. It lacks the punch of Atonement or the political ambition of Saturday—but is more fun than either