The party’s internal enforcer built his sinister influence in the shadows – but nemesis now appears to be at hand, says ANDREW MURRAY
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Why the future of data is in our DNA
Forget USB drives, we can now store data – even text, music and video – in DNA, writes SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
An array of microscopic DNA spots showing expression levels of different genes
Britain’s housing crisis is no accident but a political choice, says CLAUDIA WEBBE
JOANNE THOMAS welcomes the Employment Rights Act as an instrument for the much-needed revitalisation of trade union membership and activism
On May 4, the MML opens its doors to marchers and visitors alike, celebrating a living tradition of working-class struggle. MEIRIAN JUMP invites readers to come along and explore the building and its collections
Studying the works of Karl Marx is a necessity if we are to fully comprehend the crises that surround us, says MATT WILLGRESS ahead of a Marx Matters event this weekend
On Workers Memorial Day, EDDIE DEMPSEY calls for immediate action on our railways to make the network safer for all
IN every one of your body’s tissue cells there is one of the most information-dense storage materials that has ever existed: DNA.
Your genetic data contains the information that your body needs to grow, change and maintain each of the organs of your body and, even more apparently, unused information.
The data is stored in a sequence of four chemicals of the DNA molecule — the rungs of the famous helical ladder.
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