HealthPlans to genetically screen newborns for rare diseases are problematic The UK's health secretary has announced a 10-year plan to check newborns for a huge range of rare conditions. There are major medical and ethical issues with this, argues neurologist Suzanne O'SullivanComment
SocietyThis is how to avoid annihilating ourselves in a nuclear war We have been lucky to dodge nuclear Armageddon so far, but we can't keep trusting to fortune. If we don't want to wipe ourselves out, here's what we need do next, says Mark LynasComment