Genetics

Cloning Wildlife and Editing their Genes to Protect Them and Us

Tweaking the genes of wild animals could save endangered species and protect humans from disease. What could possibly go wrong?

By Hannah Thomasy

Is Your DNA Data Safe in Blackstone’s Hands?

The Wall Street giant’s big bet on Ancestry.com drives home the financial realities facing the consumer genomic revolution.

By Matthew Ponsford

We Call DNA a Language. Is It?

As our understanding of the genome evolves, the metaphors we use to describe it should, too.

By Luke Shors

True Human Diversity is Finally Imaginable. Are We Ready?

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

By Juan Enriquez

Taste 2.0 is Here

The discovery of a new taste cell deepens our understanding of this complex and adaptive sensory system.

By Jason Socrates Bardi

5 Books That Grapple with the Thorny Issue of Genetics and Race

These scholars of color combine scientific inquiry and social justice.

By Georgia Frances King

After the Madness—Pandemic Silver Linings in Bioscience

Will the frenzied rush to understand and treat SARS-CoV-2 bring longer lasting benefit to the world of scientific research and medicine?

By David Ewing Duncan

A New Kind of Natural

An artist imagines life forms that will arise from the convergence of technology and biology.

By Becky Lyon

The Dawn of Cheap and Easy DNA Writing

These startups are developing new ways to reprogram biology by producing custom genes from scratch.

By Lauren Gravitz

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.

By Ramez Naam

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