Rather than hoping for the emergence of some new ‘party of the left,’ EMMA DENT COAD sees a broad alliance of local parties and community groups as a way of reviving democratic progressive politics
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
In the second of two articles, DANIEL POWELL looks behind the headlines celebrating Ukrainian resistance to a complex reality of neonazi battalions, forced conscription and sabotaged peace deals
ANSELM ELDERGILL draws attention to a legal case on Tuesday in which a human rights group is challenging the government’s decision to allow the sale of weapons used against Palestinians
The obfuscation of Nazism’s capitalist roots has seen imperialism redeploy fascism again and again — from the killing fields of Guatemala to the war in Ukraine, writes PAWEL WARGAN
From Workers’ Memorial Day to May Day rallies, TOM MORRISON examines the real challenges facing the labour movement as Reform UK’s glossy literature exploits legitimate grievances in traditional left strongholds
Calls have been made for the return to Venezuela of a two-year-old girl currently being held in the US, after being separated from her family by immigration officials, reports SUSAN GREY
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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