Marcus Woo

Take These Drugs to Get to Mars

Space brain and other cosmic problems demand new kinds of pharmaceutical protection.

The Bugs that Give Wine Its Flavor

Can sequencing a vineyard’s microbiome make it possible to reverse engineer a fine wine?

You Can Rescue Medical Breakthroughs from the Valley of Death

Halo Cures, a crowdfunding startup, will usher new drugs and devices through the rockiest stage of development.

The Genetically Engineered Astronaut

Can we create people who are optimized for ultra-long space travel?