How creative are you? You might not be the next Mozart or da Vinci, but creativity isn’t just about composing amazing music or painting masterpieces – it’s also about being able to make everyday decisions and solve problems. Lucy M Davies and Lynn Newton say creativity is a human quality that exists in every one of us. Gareth Loudon agrees, and believes that incorporating creativity into education could finally bridge the gap between science and the humanities.

Human bodies are made up of an estimated one million proteins and yet our DNA only provides instructions for about 20,000. So where do all the others come from? Scientists have shown that most of our proteins have extra bits added to them, as if they were wearing clothing. Pedro Beltran-Alvarez and John Greenman are trying to unravel the secrets of this protein clothing to develop a faster way to spot changes in our body such as the growth of tumours.

The US will soon head to the polls to vote in the mid-term elections. Richard Johnson investigates the dirty tricks the two parties play to skew the results in their favour – and how a recent Republican law in North Dakota, which will make it more difficult for Native Americans to vote, could cost the Democrats, and democracy, dear.

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