Mun-Keat is a Commissioning Editor for Mosaic. He co-authored the books The Big Questions in Science: The quest to solve the great unknowns (2013) and The Geek Guide to Life (2016). He likes storytelling, digital nerdery and anything to do with Japan.
What makes the world’s most successful children’s TV programmes so addictive – and so strange?
Werner syndrome is teaching us more about what controls our genes, and may eventually help us find a way to slow ageing – or stop it altogether.
Genetic diagnosis is getting ever more sophisticated. But as doctors uncover diseases that are hereditary, who needs to know?
Save the people, save the forest. In rural Indonesia, a pioneering clinic is showing how the health of people and forests could and should be intertwined.
Vanessa Potter unexpectedly lost her sight. As she recovered, her senses mingled and hearing and touch changed the way she saw the world.
Millions of people across the world want to make their skin lighter – but the treatments they use can be dangerous. Mary-Rose Abraham meets beauticians, dermatologists and their clients to walk the line between aesthetic choice and racial prejudice.
