Donald Trump sacks America’s top military brass
THE FIRST shot against America’s senior military leaders was fired within hours of Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20t...
How to make cash in Africa’s coup belt
THE BOSS of Barrick Gold, a Canadian mega-miner and the world’s second-largest gold producer, is no stranger to bust-ups with...
Catch up:Pentagon shake-up; Hamas releases hostages
Donald Trump fired General Charles “CQ” Brown as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and said he would replace people in fi...
Catch up:Pentagon shake-up; Trump belittles Zelensky
Donald Trump fired General Charles “CQ” Brown as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and said he would replace people in fi...
From Wall Street banker to Vladimir Putin’s point man
AS THE MEETING came to an end, it looked less like a peace parley and more like a business negotiation. On February 18th, whe...
Can gene editing deliver on its promise?
In early 2005 Rodolphe Barrangou and Philippe Horvath were staring at some very odd bits of repeating genetic code on a compu...
Designing babies
One of the greatest scandals in modern science began with a late-2010s advertisement for HIV-positive couples looking to have...
Editing pigs, mice and mosquitoes may save lives
ON MARCH 15th 2024, a dark brown, gene-edited pig was driven from its home in the Midwest to a medical facility on the outski...
Eat your GE-greens
The slightly soggy ziplock bags are labelled “Red Giant” and “Southern Giant Curl”. Bunches of green leaves, not unlike water...
Gene editing can still change the world
At a now famous conference in 1975, a group of biologists met at Asilomar State Beach in California to discuss a new technolo...