ScienceRemodelling the human genomeThe quest to understand the human genome, the instructions that rule our form, our function and, more than we would wish, our fate
BooksSiddhartha Mukherjee’s intimate history of the geneThe author of The Emperor of All Maladies gives us a new book that’s beautifully written and deeply personal
CultureThe 5,000-year war on cancerAn oncologist’s beautifully written history attempts to grapple with the disease