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What is epigenetics?

There’s a lot we still don’t understand about how our genes work, and even well-meaning people can get in a mess over epigenetics

16/06/2017

There’s a lot we still don’t understand about how our genes work, and even well-meaning people can get in a mess over epigenetics

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Why are bishops doing PR for a chocolate company?

Senior clergy are behaving with a cynicism worthy of Pontius Pilate

16/06/2017

Senior clergy are behaving with a cynicism worthy of Pontius Pilate

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How hypnosis can help us understand schizophrenia

16/06/2017

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Katie Hopkins’ revolutionary defeatism

She loves her country so much she wants to destroy it

16/06/2017

She loves her country so much she wants to destroy it

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You can train your body into thinking it’s had medicine

Can we harness the mind to reduce side-effects and slash drug costs?

16/06/2017

Can we harness the mind to reduce side-effects and slash drug costs?

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Jo Marchant is an award-winning science journalist based in London. She has a PhD in genetics and medical microbiology from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College in London, and an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London. She has worked as an editor at New Scientist and at Nature and her articles have appeared in publications including The Guardian, Wired, and The Observer Review. She’s the author of Decoding the Heavens, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Royal Society Prize for Science Books, and The Shadow King.
Jo Marchant is an award-winning science journalist based in London. She has a PhD in genetics and medical microbiology from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College in London, and an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London. She has worked as an editor at New Scientist and at Nature and her articles have appeared in publications including The Guardian, Wired, and The Observer Review. She’s the author of Decoding the Heavens, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Royal Society Prize for Science Books, and The Shadow King.

Martin McGuinness saw peace as a tactic: we may be lucky he succeeded

Northern republicanism is in a stronger position than ever

16/06/2017

Northern republicanism is in a stronger position than ever

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