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Gene editing scrambles a family’s connections in this original sci-fi story for NEO.LIFE.

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

Lucy McRae provokes us to vividly imagine alternate futures.

Student competitors turn jellyfish, microorganisms, and even hair cells into useful things.

“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.

Stanford bioengineer Drew Endy doesn’t mind bringing dragons to life. What really scares him are humans.

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.

What “Frankenstein” and the golem tell us about the power and responsibility of science.

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That’s no joke! If it were, there’d have been a third person in the bar. There’s always a third person to bear the brunt of…

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