
I'm homing in on the genetic essence of life
9 July 2014
Synthetic biologist Hamilton Smith wants to find the smallest genome that will keep a bacterium alive – and tidy up evolution's sloppy work

9 July 2014
Synthetic biologist Hamilton Smith wants to find the smallest genome that will keep a bacterium alive – and tidy up evolution's sloppy work

28 March 2014
Society needs to wake up to problems with body weight, drinking and e-cigarettes, says England's chief medical officer

6 May 2009
Now you've taken our science and arts quizzes, how do you think your scores, and the questions, reflect the divide between science and the humanities?