Microbiome

Let Your Gut Be Your Guide

The Zoe dietary app zeroes in on timing and food combinations to maximize wellness.

By Richard Sprague

Debunker: The “5-Second Rule”

It’s time for a snack, and you’re holding a piece of buttered toast. Then—damn it!—you drop it. Of course it lands butter side down. You…

By Natasha Frost

Sniffing Out Diseases

A telltale COVID-19 symptom underscores the scientific significance of smell—for both patients and practitioners.

By Georgia Frances King

Personalized Health Advice Every 60 Seconds

How I hacked my diet using a continuous blood-glucose monitor.

By Richard Sprague

Holiday Gifts for Biohackers

Splice DNA. Live forever. Be merry.

By Raymond McCauley

The Latest Biotech Growth Market Might be Crap

There’s gold in your gut—and startups are mining it with microbiome science. The biggest hurdle? Stool doesn’t scale.

By Jessica Leber

The FDA Banned These Chemicals — and They’re Still Everywhere

Antibacterial compounds are no longer in your hand soap, but they’re in your floors, your walls, and in your body.

By Maryn McKenna

Machine Learning Illuminates the Body’s Dark Matter

A startup finds patterns that experts in personalized medicine say they couldn’t see before.

By Shelby Pope

The Bugs that Give Wine Its Flavor

Can sequencing a vineyard’s microbiome make it possible to reverse engineer a fine wine?

By Marcus Woo

5 Films About the Neobiological Revolution to Put in Your Queue

Get inspired by documentaries on food, human performance, and more.

By NEO.LIFE