
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

13 April 2011
Can we tell how happy people are from their online activity – and can living digitally actually make you happier? Kat Austen investigates

12 August 2009
ExxonMobil and Dow Chemical have been among the targets of inventive pranks mounted by Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno

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?