Evolution

From Dracula ants to carnivorous toilets, scientists share their favorite evolutionary adaptations.

Tweaking the genes of wild animals could save endangered species and protect humans from disease. What could possibly go wrong?

What’s the protocol for creating a healthy new human when you subtract Earth from the equation?

Are 21st century rites of passage an essential human need?

Juan Enriquez explores the possibility and inevitable risks of human speciation.

An artist imagines life forms that will arise from the convergence of technology and biology.

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.

Seeing the universe as it is gives us strength rooted in humility.

Synthetic biologists aim to transform the world with manmade organisms. What will it take to get there?

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

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

Jamie Metzl makes you smarter about the science of longevity research.

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

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

… where we ask the experts for reading recommendations.