Evolution

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. by Eliot Peper

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.

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.

Yuval Noah Harari’s book is right that humans have developed God-like powers, but it’s wrong about the reasons — and it underestimates what will come. by Juan Enriquez