PLANT BREEDING

Resistance at the cost of growth

CONCEPTS

Sceptical

IN THE PICTURE

From contamination to consecration

MATERIALS

Colourful alarm

INCLUSION

Park life and neighbourhood inclusion

Research funding

New Zealand ceases funding the social sciences

VIRUSES

An invisibility cloak for a virus

PORTRAIT

Excited by genetics, concerned about ethics

NUMBERS

The scientifically illiterate and the politically clueless

Tinnitus

Mental training for the ear

BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION

Anonymous identity checks

FINANCIAL CRIME

Algorithms expose money laundering

ALCOHOL

Teetotal teens fake drinking to fit in

AUSTERITY

Taking a chainsaw to science

History

The shifting borders of Carpathian Ukraine

ON THE GRAPEVINE

Medical knowledge under threat

point of view

“The final years of one’s career can be mortifying for some”

Plasticisers

Caution is wise when recycling PVC