Ethics

These scholars of color combine scientific inquiry and social justice.

Steve Ramirez wants to zap bad memories and upgrade good ones.

George Church and Ramez Naam on the limitations of evolution, the power of matchmaking, and why we should send single-cell computers into deep space.

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

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

A Chinese scientist engineered kids to resist HIV. Here are other changes that could be on the feature list for Humanity 2.0.

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

Lucy McRae provokes us to vividly imagine alternate futures.

After watching medical records get traded for billions of dollars, a tech entrepreneur says he can help you grab a share of the bounty.

An electrical-stimulation technology with promising new uses comes from a dark age that still has a lot to teach us.

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

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

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

Why replacement organs will come from a farm.

Gene-editing pioneer Jennifer Doudna’s new book reveals her dreams and nightmares about what she has unleashed. by David Ewing Duncan