Culture

Splice DNA. Live forever. Be merry.

Sure, your brain is more dynamic than once thought. But harnessing those powers is tricky.

Lucy McRae provokes us to vividly imagine alternate futures.

“The Rise of Yeast” explains how one fungus altered history.

Elite athletes are now maintaining their level of performance in their 40s and beyond. What can they teach the rest of us?

Genes play a refreshingly limited role in Carl Zimmer’s new book about heredity.

Michael Pollan explores the neuroscience of psychedelics in this excerpt from his new book.

I am not afraid of the prospect of editing human genes. If we do it thoughtfully, it can be a gift to future generations.

Get inspired by documentaries on food, human performance, and more.

Emotions don’t get in the way of rational thought, says Antonio Damasio. They make it possible.

Fifteen new things that promote fitness, celebrate science, and make self improvement a bit more stimulating.

In “The Runaway Species,” Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman try to unlock the secrets of creativity.

A thriller about cloning, gene editing, and bioengineering is the perfect show for our times.

Sophia Roosth puts big questions to the people who are reviving extinct species and building organisms from scratch.

Geoffrey West’s monumental book “Scale” channels math and physics to explore the limits of our biology, our companies, and our civilization.