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Taste 2.0 is Here
The discovery of a new taste cell deepens our understanding of this complex and adaptive sensory system.
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Jason Socrates Bardi
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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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After the Madness—Pandemic Silver Linings in Bioscience
Will the frenzied rush to understand and treat SARS-CoV-2 bring longer lasting benefit to the world of scientific research and medicine?
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David Ewing Duncan
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EXCERPT
A New Kind of Natural
An artist imagines life forms that will arise from the convergence of technology and biology.
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Becky Lyon
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The Dawn of Cheap and Easy DNA Writing
These startups are developing new ways to reprogram biology by producing custom genes from scratch.
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Lauren Gravitz
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Q&A
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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7 Big Biotech Ideas for 2019
Scientists and other creators tell us about the developments they’re watching for and the conversations they’ll be starting.
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Julia Faith Sklar
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Inside the Race to Build Life From Scratch
Synthetic biologists aim to transform the world with manmade organisms. What will it take to get there?
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Emily Sohn
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