The world's supply of rubber is in jeopardy. Can we find new sources?
15 May 2019
Rubber is essential to modern life, but the trees that provide it could be wiped out by a deadly disease. Some scrubby weeds may provide the unlikely solution
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Does population genetics have a racism problem, even today?
15 May 2019
Efforts to group us by our genes are arbitrary and encourage the subtle return of race within mainstream science, argues Angela Saini
Elon Musk's SpaceX or a superpower: Who'll win the new space race?
15 May 2019
Nations from the US to China and companies such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX are vying to leave Earth again. But why – and are we ready for a second space age?
