Space

Houston, We Have a Baby

What’s the protocol for creating a healthy new human when you subtract Earth from the equation?

To Boldly Go Where No Pharma Has Gone Before

Astropharmacies could grow drugs on demand for future space travelers.

True Human Diversity is Finally Imaginable. Are We Ready?

Juan Enriquez explores the possibility and inevitable risks of human speciation.

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.

Take These Drugs to Get to Mars

Space brain and other cosmic problems demand new kinds of pharmaceutical protection.

What Can Hibernation Do for Humans?

Survive massive trauma, lose weight in your sleep, maintain muscle strength in space — all thanks to tricks from sleeping squirrels.

The Genetically Engineered Astronaut

Can we create people who are optimized for ultra-long space travel?