Winter 2019
Creating the Future: The Genetics Issue
Features
Humanity’s Shiny New Tool
CRISPR, a technology we took from bacteria, is poised to transform our world.
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CRISPR for the People
Berkeley is bringing gene editing to the masses. Are we ready for that?
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A Mercy, A Sport
Flash fiction for the future
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Kiss Me, I’m 61.5% Irish!
Home ancestry tests may tell us more, and less, than we wanted to know.
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Intolerable Genius
Kary Mullis revolutionized biology and pissed everyone off. Now that he’s dead, how should we remember him?
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Telegraph
Now This: Earthquakes
Packing for the Big One
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’Tis the Season … or so They Say
Czesław Miłosz and the season-less magic of Berkeley
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A New Blue
Olga Alexopoulou adds a profound new color to her palette.
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Big Picture
The Central Sierra Snow Laboratory
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The Gate
The Names of the Dead
Margaret Press uses forensic genealogy to identify the missing.
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Snapp Chats: Eric Stevens
It was the best day of his life. Then everything changed.
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First Person: The Drag Queen D.A.
This lawyer has a secret. Her name’s Victoria.
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Chancellor’s Letter
Fiscal responsibility, seismic upgrades, and athletics
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Perspectives
Share Your Own Insight
Have a perspective on the topic that we somehow failed to include? Share it with us now.
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Editor’s Note
Welcome to our brave new world.
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