Society

Nature breaks everything down—eventually. It’s time to accelerate the process.

Gene editing scrambles a family's connections in this original sci-fi story for NEO.LIFE.

Seeing the universe as it is gives us strength rooted in humility. by Eliot Peper

Lucy McRae provokes us to vividly imagine alternate futures.

A professor in China builds a brain-machine interface that keeps humans fully in charge.

The first company to offer whole genome sequencing for free can build the most valuable advertising engine in the world. by Andrew Hessel

Student competitors turn jellyfish, microorganisms, and even hair cells into useful things.

Women suffering from hot flashes try to find relief in a device that wasn’t designed specifically for them.

A startup tries to scale up health care that’s cheaper, safer, and much more comfortable.

“The Rise of Yeast” explains how one fungus altered history.

Jamie Metzl makes you smarter about the science of longevity research.

I am not afraid of the prospect of editing human genes. If we do it thoughtfully, it can be a gift to future generations.

Hackers take on everything that makes breastfeeding harder than it should be.

The idea of a restaurant where a machine does the work of human hands made me cringe. Then I tried it.

Gene editing will make plants hardier and healthier. Hopefully people won’t freak out.