Electric dreams
Review of Electricity, an exhibition at the Wellcome Collection, London. The Lancet 389, 999; 2017. Available here.
General Publications
Celebrating cohort studies
Review of The Life Project by Helen Pearson. The Lancet 387, 836; 2016. Available here.
Medical hackers
Review of an exhibition on DIY science at the Science Museum, London. The Lancet 388, 554; 2016. Available here.
Can we be better?
Review of a How To Be Good, a book on the ethics of moral enhancement. The Lancet 388, 120; 2016. Available here.
At the forefront of gene editing in embryos
An interview with Kathy Niakan. The Lancet 387, 935; 2016. Available here.
Man made: a history of synthetic life
From the homunculus to synthetic biology. An article in Distillations, Spring 2016. Available here.
A new system of chemical philosophy
In retrospect: on John Dalton’s seminal book. Nature 537, 32; 1 September 2016. Available here.
Radiant realms
Reviews of two new books on light. Nature 530, 278; 18 February 2016. Available here.
Archive of wonders
Review of an exhibition on John Dee, in Nature 529, 464; 28 January 2016. Available here.
No result, no problem
“No result, no problem”: on the pros and cons of publishing null results. Physics World, May 2016. Available here.