Genetics

A handy chart for sorting out many of the options in DNA analysis.

Companies are using your DNA to customize a diet plan. If it works, it might not be for the reasons advertised.

The secrets in your genes may be worth even more to researchers than they are to you.

Sophia Roosth puts big questions to the people who are reviving extinct species and building organisms from scratch.

Hit with a rare disease, Onno Faber formed a startup to hack it — and he’s taking on conventional medicine in the process.

Researchers are finding new links between specific genes and intelligence. Can we use this knowledge to make people smarter?

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

The MinION cracks open biotech to the masses the way the PC democratized computing. What will we do with this newfound power?

Lynn Hershman Leeson has spent 40 years grappling with cyborgs, genetically modified organisms, and AI.

Seeing a thousand of my potential progeny gave me a glimpse of new things that future parents will stress over.