Popular Publications

The true story of the birth of the periodic table

New Scientist, 26 February 2019. Available here.

The nationalistic agendas of moon missions

New Scientist, 18 December 2018. Available here.

Uterus transplants

The Guardian, 6 December 2018. Available here.

A new golden age for space exploration?

Prospect, 8 January 2019. Available here.

Meet the renegades building a nuclear fusion reactor in your neighbourhood

BBC Focus magazine, December 2018. Available here.

What The War of the Worlds means now

New Statesman, 18 July 2018. Available here.

Two sharp teeth

Review of several recent books on Dracula and vampires, London Review of Books 25 October 2018. Available here.

Genetically edited babies

Prospect, 27 November 2018. Available here.

Driverless cars and a new type of “trolley problem”

Prospect, 16 November 2018. Available here.

Does DNA really define destiny?

Prospect, December 2018. Review of Robert Plomin’s book Blueprint. Available here.