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What if Number 2 Makes You Number 1?
Elite athletes have a greater variety of bacteria in their guts than couch potatoes do, raising the prospect of “poop doping.”
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Elizabeth Preston
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The Gadget that Makes DNA Sequencing Child’s Play
The MinION cracks open biotech to the masses the way the PC democratized computing. What will we do with this newfound power?
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Dr. Sophie Zaaijer
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This Artist Saw the Neobiological Future Before Any of Us
Lynn Hershman Leeson has spent 40 years grappling with cyborgs, genetically modified organisms, and AI.
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Dorothy Santos
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Q&A
It’s Time to Believe in Synthetic Biology
Juan Enriquez bets on the end of undruggable targets, the power of programmable cells, and a machine that cooks up biological material.
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David Ewing Duncan
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For a Brain-Computer Interface to Work, Are Holograms the Only Hope?
Hardware visionary Mary Lou Jepsen’s next act is to read your mind—no implants required.
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Kristen V. Brown
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Tales of the Neobiological Revolution
Writers, artists, experimenters of all kinds: we’re a platform for your great ideas!
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Jane Metcalfe
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EXCERPT
The Children You Could Have Produced Instead
Technology will dramatically increase the choices that parents can make about their offspring. But having too many options can be a bad thing.
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David Eagleman
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This is Your Brain on Weed
Pot is being packaged like fine wines and sold with bold claims about physical and psychological benefits. Does science back up the marketing pitch?
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Maria Finn
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Take Two Placebos and Call Me in the Morning
Sham treatments that work even when you know they’re fakes.
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Anna Nowogrodzki
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BOOK REVIEW
The Misguided Pessimism of “Homo Deus”
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.
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Juan Enriquez
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