NEO.LIFE asks the big questions about how we’re engineering our own evolution.

Why should I get a continuous glucose monitor?
How far away are artificial wombs?
Do I own the data from my EEG?
What if the Olympics actually allowed doping and enhancements?
Can artificial intelligence make the ICU safer?
Is your DNA data safe in Blackstone's hands?
How will we make babies off-planet?
Can you spot loneliness on a brain scan?
What is a biophilic home?
Is DNA really a language?
What is asexuality?
How does becoming an expert change your brain?
What are longevity experts doing to live longer?
What can I do with a handheld DNA sequencer?
Does an orgasm before bed improve your sleep?
What is a feasible 6th sense we could engineer?
How can your circadian rhythms improve your medication?
What is my biological age?
What's the difference between natural and artificial?
Would you want to manipulate your own memories?
Does the 21st century need new rituals?
Do human pheromones exist?
Is there a link between sugar and hyperactivity?
Can a DNA test help me find the right antidepressant?
How can I tweak my microbiome to be a better athlete?
Are we ready for true human diversity?
How will space travelers get the medicine they need?
What are some bioscience silver linings that will come from the pandemic?
How can smell training change my brain?
Should scientists need permission to experiment on themselves?
Can a microbiome test tell me how I should eat?
Should I microdose lithium?
Why is focused ultrasound medicine’s best-kept secret?
Can plastic-eating bacteria solve the world’s pollution problem?
Should neuroprivacy be a human right?
Will meatless beef ever replace the real thing?
Can we tweak our skin microbiome to keep mosquitos from biting?
What will psychedelic pharma look like?
Do companies have a right to their employees' biodata?

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Features

In-depth reporting and beautifully written stories about the people, science, technology, business, and culture shaping our neobiological future. See more
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The Promise of Pills that Do Nothing

By Beryl Lieff Benderly longevity illustration

Shooting for Longevity and the Stars

By Jonathan Grinstein A photograph of a courtyard at Dandenong Hospital.

Neuroaesthetics: Mental Health Facilities of the Future

By Rina Diane Caballar An illustration of an hourglass, with food moving through. Breasts make up the shape of the hourglass.

Could Intermittent Fasting Slow Cancer?

By Robin Donovan An illustration of a human pausing a sentient being.

5 Ways to Save Humanity from a Malicious AI

By Stav Dimitropoulos

Dispatches

Weekly bulletins from the frontlines of the neobiological revolution featuring the latest advances in neuroscience, genetics, longevity, synthetic biology, biohacking, the future of food, and more. See more

Meet

the scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, biohackers, artists, and other characters inventing the future of Homo sapiens.

They’re set on tearing down racial disparities in reproductive health.
Meet these four ob-gyns

They’re set on tearing down racial disparities in reproductive health.
She’s working to free AR face filters from tired beauty standards.
Meet Ines Alpha

She’s working to free AR face filters from tired beauty standards.
She’s a pioneering synthetic biologist who wants to rid science of unnecessary gatekeepers.
Meet Pamela Silver

She’s a pioneering synthetic biologist who wants to rid science of unnecessary gatekeepers.
She’s creating healing immersive environments for first responders.
Meet Mirelle Phillips

She’s creating healing immersive environments for first responders.
She explores how personal data tracking can inform your daily decisions.
Meet Esther Dyson

She explores how personal data tracking can inform your daily decisions.
He’s on a mission to bring focused ultrasound therapy to the masses.
Meet Neal Kassell

He’s on a mission to bring focused ultrasound therapy to the masses.
She is helping women understand their potential fertility issues.
Meet Piraye Beim

She is helping women understand their potential fertility issues.
He’s giving the human operating system an overhaul.
Meet Andrew Hessel

He’s giving the human operating system an overhaul.
She commands a virus to hunt a deadly cancer.
Meet Angela Belcher

She commands a virus to hunt a deadly cancer.
He's giving people with rare diseases the tools to make medicine work for them.
Meet Onno Faber

He's giving people with rare diseases the tools to make medicine work for them.
He’s a scientist-turned-VC who wants to extend life.
Meet James Peyer

He’s a scientist-turned-VC who wants to extend life.
She’s a surrogate with 27 biological children and 3 surrogate pregnancies under her belt.
Meet Tyra Reeder

She’s a surrogate with 27 biological children and 3 surrogate pregnancies under her belt.
He wants to zap bad memories and upgrade good ones.
Meet Steve Ramirez

He wants to zap bad memories and upgrade good ones.
She’s tracking emotions based on how people use their devices.
Meet Rosalind Picard

She’s tracking emotions based on how people use their devices.
He’s a Stanford bioengineer concerned about how synthetic biology is being developed.
Meet Drew Endy

He’s a Stanford bioengineer concerned about how synthetic biology is being developed.
He is trying to upend medicine with a service that tests everything about you.
Meet Leroy Hood

He is trying to upend medicine with a service that tests everything about you.
She channels her inner goddess to divine which health technologies people will actually use.
Meet Lisa Suennen

She channels her inner goddess to divine which health technologies people will actually use.
He wants to turn science fiction into science fact.
Meet George Church

He wants to turn science fiction into science fact.
He is trying therapeutic plasma exchange for longevity purposes.
Meet Lou Hawthorne

He is trying therapeutic plasma exchange for longevity purposes.

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The science and technology, the business and culture, the heroes and con artists, the triumphs and tragedies of our technology-driven evolution. This is our beat.

features original reporting and analysis by journalists who work for or contribute to The Atlantic, the BBC, CNN, Scientific American, Science, Nature, MIT Technology Review, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Wired, etc.

The founder is Jane Metcalfe, the former president and cofounder of Wired magazine, a legendary media company that chronicled the digital revolution from within, capturing its spirit while pioneering media, design, and the new web technology. NEO.LIFE covers the next stage of that revolution, as we use the tools of our digital age to understand and engineer our own biology.

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