This doctor risked her career to end Flint’s water-poisoning crisis
1 August 2018
The people of Flint, Michigan, were drinking poisoned water, and the authorities were doing nothing. That’s when Mona Hanna-Attisha decided to take action
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How medicine got too good for its own good
4 April 2018
We’re detecting problems too early and convincing healthy people they’re sick – it’s time to rethink medical diagnosis, says physician H. Gilbert Welch
Unicorns and designer babies: How CRISPR creator sees the future
28 February 2018
Jennifer Doudna's discovery of the CRISPR technique gives us unprecedented power over life itself. We can handle the challenge – despite Hollywood portrayals, she says
The unpalatable truth about your favourite foods
31 January 2018
Marion Nestle has been fighting food industry giants for decades. Now she wants to expose the way they skew scientific research for their own gain
The doctor who took on big pharma to stem the US opioid epidemic
10 January 2018
When Andrew Kolodny raised the alarm over the dangerously addictive properties of prescribed opioids, he became both a hero and a figure of hate
Eye phone: The doctor using tech to restore the world’s sight
3 January 2018
A lack of eyecare blights millions of lives across the globe. Andrew Bastawrous was seriously visually impaired himself – and has a plan to let the blind see
Candy crusher: The man who turned the world against sugar
6 September 2017
Robert Lustig’s hunch about obesity evolved into a war against sugar and the food industry. His battle for change has attracted controversy as well as praise
