The biggest tech revolution of the 21st Century isn't digital, it's biological. A breakthrough called CRISPR has given us unprecedented control over the basic building blocks of life. It opens the door to curing diseases, reshaping the biosphere, and designing our own children. Human Nature is a provocative exploration of CRISPR's far-reaching implications, through the eyes of the scientists who discovered it, the families it's affecting, and the bioengineers who are testing its limits. How will this new power change our relationship with nature? What will it mean for human evolution? To begin to answer these questions we must look back billions of years and peer into an uncertain future.
长期处於规律生活与压抑情绪的妈妈某一天早上突然变成了怪物,五岁的女儿叶子不得不反过头来照顾它。在一天的时间内,叶子和暴躁的怪物在都市里肆意流荡,经历了街道上丶医院里丶办公室丶公车上这些荒谬又魔幻的场景。最後,怪物带着一天的疲惫,裹着地毯睡着了。第二天一大早,叶子打开房间门,今天妈妈会恢复原状吗?