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The MinION cracks open biotech to the masses the way the PC democratized computing. What will we do with this newfound power?

Berkeley researchers may have the perfect authentication device — assuming you’re okay with a computer analyzing your thoughts.

Too hot for UCLA: Nicole Prause wants you to have more orgasms … so she can study them.

Lynn Hershman Leeson has spent 40 years grappling with cyborgs, genetically modified organisms, and AI.

And with those closing words, our tears gradually dried, and the rabbi led the pallbearers and Janet Sollod’s casket out of the synagogue, accompanied by…

Juan Enriquez bets on the end of undruggable targets, the power of programmable cells, and a machine that cooks up biological material.

Step one: breathe…

Hardware visionary Mary Lou Jepsen’s next act is to read your mind—no implants required.

Ultra Testing shows that autism in the workplace can be a feature, not a bug.

Writers, artists, experimenters of all kinds: we’re a platform for your great ideas!

Seeing a thousand of my potential progeny gave me a glimpse of new things that future parents will stress over.

Technology will dramatically increase the choices that parents can make about their offspring. But having too many options can be a bad thing.

Machines programmed to explore could lead to smarter AI — and show us how to unlock capacities lying dormant in our own brains.

Eventually, no one will die while waiting for a transplant. But that day is further off than you might think.

Supplements and the people who take them.