across the Internet is entirely abstract and intangible. But in 1995, artist Natalie Jeremijenko quite literally tapped into the bit stream coursing through the local network at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), transforming the flow of data into a physically perceptible phenomenon. Her installation, titled Dangling String, consists of a long plastic fiber that is attached to an electric ...

Background: Couples receiving IVF treatment may choose to have embryos frozen, with the aim of creating a pregnancy and ultimately a live birth in future. Problems can arise when couples separate. Under UK law, embryos can only be transferred with the consent of both genetic parents. The issue came to public prominence in the case of Natallie Evans, who lost the opportunity to have her own gene...