Biohacking

An entrepreneur with his own rare disease finds a way to align incentives and needs to support research on rare diseases.

This eclectic mix of researchers is exploring off-Earth living in radical new ways.

In the countdown to my second Pfizer dose, I covered my quantified self in a blanket of warm data. Here’s what happened when I pulled apart the threads.

Featuring cactus shoes, custom probiotics, never-ending glow sticks, and more.

The discovery of a new taste cell deepens our understanding of this complex and adaptive sensory system.

A bioengineer, a biopunk, and a biotech reporter square off onstage about our neobiological future.

How I hacked my diet using a continuous blood-glucose monitor.

Neuroscientist David Eagleman aims to give deaf people a new way to hear—and upgrade everyone else’s senses too.

Splice DNA. Live forever. Be merry.

A new device claims to go beyond sleep tracking to reset your circadian rhythm.

Sara Riggare can’t finish her PhD because an ethics committee says she needed their approval first.

Dog breeder David Ishee thinks gene editing can spare purebreds from debilitating disorders. But getting the tech to work is just the start.

“I’m just a girl living with type 1 diabetes who got tired of waiting.”

Investors and families are counting on Onno Faber to galvanize research into neglected conditions—like the one threatening his hearing and sight.

Women suffering from hot flashes try to find relief in a device that wasn’t designed specifically for them.