Philip Ball / September 4, 2019
A recent study shows there is no one gene that determines homosexuality, but confusion still lingers on the predictive power of our genetic constitution. Far more interrogation is needed before the...
Philip Ball / April 24, 2019
The real issue raised is not about brain transplants or sci-fi fantasies of reanimation of corpses. It is about how we define life and death
Philip Ball / April 12, 2019
The simplistic portrait masks a mind-bendingly complex reality
Well-publicised comments from a former researcher at CERN show the barriers and prejudice women still face
Philip Ball / November 27, 2018
Chinese scientist He Jiankui claims to have used “CRISPR technology” to such an end. We can only hope for the health of the two children
Philip Ball / November 16, 2018
Autonomous vehicles force us to confront profound philosophical questions
Italian astronomers have detected a shallow body of liquid water beneath the planet’s South Polar ice cap
Philip Ball / July 5, 2018
With only two living females, the Northern white rhino is functionally extinct. Now, scientists are attempting to use assisted reproductive technology to save it
There’s a taste of the sublime in the photograph of this extrasolar world
Philip Ball / May 17, 2018
Earlier this year Prospect science writer Philip Ball had his own “mini-brain” grown in a laboratory. Researchers now plan to put the method to different use, and in doing so learn more about an...