Category Books & culture

The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets Thomas R. Cech W. W. Norton (2024) In the past decade, RNA has risen from obscurity to the cutting edge of biotechnology. It has become clear that the molecule…

Tyrone felt uneasy questioning Professor Flowers. Decades ago, as a student, he had worked in her space-studies group, and the human colonization of Mars had caught his imagination. His mind had changed since then, but hers had not. Now, he…