Confessions of a Gun Range Worker
The strange reality of a life spent on the gun range is encapsulated by the occasional need to lay cat litter to soak up pools of blood on the floor.
How The DNA Revolution Is Changing Us
Recent advances in genetic science bring with them huge opportunities – correcting mutations that cause cystic fibrosis, editing pig genes for organ transplant to humans or mosquito genes to remove dangerous viruses are all avenues being explored right now, amongst many others. They also present extremely thorny ethical questions that will need to be answered very soon.
Once a Model City, Hong Kong Is in Trouble
A piece positing the theory that over the 20 years since handover, Hong Kong has changed from a “model city” to a “cautionary tale”.
The unfinished business of immunotherapy
A look at the work of an immunotherapy pioneer seeking to advance the cancer treatments he helped to develop.
Skin in the Game
Like many popular video games the multiplayer first person shooter Counter-Strike is (very) big business, for star player and publisher alike. Less common is a secondary market for in game modifications that has developed into a minimally regulated multi-billion dollar gambling network.
The Detective of Northern Oddities
A veterinary pathologist in Alaska is getting more and more unusual and troubling cases amongst her workload of deceased sea otters, wales and polar bears.
Lost At Sea
The story of a couple who were on an American commercial ship sunk by a German U-Boat early in the war.
Take Nothing, Leave Nothing
The author tells the story of how he came to receive a lifetime ban from the remote island of Tristan da Cunha, and reflects on the nature of tourism.
How China is Rewriting the Book on Human Origins
Fossil finds in China lead to conflicting views of human origins.