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Is Your DNA Data Safe in Blackstone’s Hands?
The Wall Street giant’s big bet on Ancestry.com drives home the financial realities facing the consumer genomic revolution.
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Matthew Ponsford
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We Call DNA a Language. Is It?
As our understanding of the genome evolves, the metaphors we use to describe it should, too.
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Luke Shors
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Lithium: The Next Trend in Microdosing?
Low levels of the naturally occurring, soft shiny metal could reduce violence and enhance moods for all.
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Zoe Cormier
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EXCERPT
True Human Diversity is Finally Imaginable. Are We Ready?
Juan Enriquez explores the possibility and inevitable risks of human speciation.
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Juan Enriquez
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Inside the Movement to Decolonize Psychedelic Pharma
As Western medicine brings psychedelics into mainstream use, a growing movement is innovating new business models grounded in reciprocity and inclusion.
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Carolyn Gregoire
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BOOK REVIEW
5 Books That Grapple with the Thorny Issue of Genetics and Race
These scholars of color combine scientific inquiry and social justice.
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Georgia Frances King
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Q&A
How to Manipulate Memories
Steve Ramirez wants to zap bad memories and upgrade good ones.
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Brian Bergstein
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How to Turn Science Fiction into Science Fact
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.
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Ramez Naam
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FICTION
Vanilla Memories
Gene editing scrambles a family’s connections in this original sci-fi story for proto.life.
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Hannu Rajaniemi
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The Future of Genetic Engineering
A bioengineer, a biopunk, and a biotech reporter square off onstage about our neobiological future.
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Jane Metcalfe
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