A different kind of logic

Siddhartha Mukherjee's recent article on epigenetics has drawn heavy criticism—rightly?

Bodley Head, £25 “Gene” is one of the most loaded words in modern biology. Is it a selfish automaton that manipulates us for its own benefit? A preordained determinant of character and...

It may not be long until they overtake our fastest supercomputers

"Project Starshot" is worthy of admiration for chutzpah alone

Fleet, £16.99 It seemed scandalous that, until last year’s award of the Royal Society Science Book Prize to Gaia Vince, the prize (including previous incarnations) had never been won by a sole...

Scientists have created a "minimal cell" with just 473 genes—such work could have huge benefits beyond biology

Allen Lane, £20 Four studies in the past 70 years have collected vast amounts of information about the lifestyles, health, attitudes and social status of more than 70,000 people in the UK....

Scientists may have found a particle six times heavier than the Higgs boson

IQ is genetically inherited. It’s best for children—and parents—that we admit it