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This eclectic mix of researchers is exploring off-Earth living in radical new ways.

AR-enhanced face filters are here to stay, and Ines Alpha is working to free them from tired beauty standards.

Forty years after a 1981 report hinted at the coming HIV/AIDS pandemic, we look at how the response to global public health threats has changed.

The fast transmission of bad information is dangerous. A new approach employs “infodemiologists” to fight outbreaks.

Blasting grapevines into space could help the wine industry survive climate change.

Hunger, profits, and Atoms For Peace have driven attempts to alter crops with radiation, chemicals, and genetic manipulation.

Cells we were taught to ignore have been caught on tape doing the unthinkable.

Our perception of time is fluid. Here are ways to optimize your relationship with time.

Mirelle Phillips designs spaces to ease the mind, accelerate healing, and generate awe.

Could a new chemical test that quantifies off flavors transform the chocolate industry?

For the millions of people suffering with daily physical pain, nerve stimulation and gene editing offer new hope beyond addictive opioids.

Tweaking the genes of wild animals could save endangered species and protect humans from disease. But there’s a risk.

In the countdown to my second Pfizer dose, I covered my quantified self in a blanket of warm data. Here’s what happened when I pulled apart the threads.

COVID-19 caused a huge spike in demand for telehealth services, but it opened the door for bad actors as well.

Mushrooms are waiting for their moment in medicine.