INTERVIEWS

The rise of the zombie bugs

The unsettling science of parasitic mind-control

Synthesising success

Hugh Goold MRSB on the completion of the world’s first fully synthetic yeast genome

‘Life science is raising new ethical questions at a pace that is unique in recent history’

Nuffield Council on Bioethics director Danielle Hamm tells us about the latest horizon scan and its first attempt to ‘timeframe’ potential issues

"Making an AI-designed life form would be pretty fun"

AI and gene-editing pioneer Patrick Hsu talks AI-designed molecules, genomes and life forms 

“Just the idea of having these species back is already having an impact”

Beth Shapiro, chief scientist at the de-extinction start-up Colossal Biosciences, talks to Tom Ireland about the science and ethics of recreating long-lost species in a lab

 

“A space, a platform, a movement”

The Biologist speaks to the founders of four networks for Black scientists about how to support and grow the Black STEM workforce 

Cloning for conservation

Revive & Restore’s lead scientist Ben Novak on the organisation’s mission to use cutting-edge biotechnology to help save and ‘resurrect’ important species
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