biotech

Could we treat spinal cord injuries with asparagus?

Meet the enzymes living in your house

The next software revolution: programming biological cells

How supercharged plants could slow climate change

The medical potential of AI and metabolites

How synthetic biology could wipe out humanity -- and how we can stop it

Can we cure genetic diseases by rewriting DNA?

The age of genetic wonder

How a long-forgotten virus could help us solve the antibiotics crisis

How to build synthetic DNA and send it across the internet

Why fascism is so tempting -- and how your data could power it

How a male contraceptive pill could work

Fashion has a pollution problem -- can biology fix it?

Meet the microscopic life in your home -- and on your face

New nanotech to detect cancer early

A secret weapon against Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases

What you need to know about CRISPR

What will humans look like in 100 years?

A new way to study the brain's invisible secrets

How we're harnessing nature's hidden superpowers

The era of personal DNA testing is here

Gene editing can now change an entire species -- forever

How to read the genome and build a human being

This scientist makes ears out of apples

How we can make crops survive without water

A robot that runs and swims like a salamander

This tiny particle could roam your body to find tumors

A new superweapon in the fight against cancer

The ethical dilemma of designer babies

The four fish we're overeating -- and what to eat instead

How CRISPR lets us edit our DNA

My daughter, my wife, our robot, and the quest for immortality

How to control someone else's arm with your brain

Should you be able to patent a human gene?

This gel can make you stop bleeding instantly

The future of early cancer detection?