Articles
Making New Biology
Humans have toyed with the idea of creating better biological structures for a long time. What happens when it actually becomes possible?
An Oral History of the Future
Experts imagine how biology will strengthen the urban networks of tomorrow.
Terraforming Earth
Synthetic biology could help terraform Mars. Could it do the same for Earth?
Against Scale
The natural world shows us how to grow without leaving behind a trail of ruin.
The Factory Is Alive
By Christina Agapakis et al.
SYNBIO 2050
Imagining the future of synthetic biology
Back to the Future
By Keolu Fox et al.
Custom Highs
GMO weed is the next step to demystifying your favorite drug
Who Owns Living Things?
By Sudeep Agarwala et al.
The Phantom Flower
Buried under several layers of colonial agriculture
The Last Kingdom
Why protists could turn out to be synthetic biology’s dark horse.
Pandemic Diaries: High School Edition
What's it like to grow up during a plague?
Wings of Desire
How birds became beautiful and art got weird
Pandemic Diaries
Four scientists reflect on their personal experience of a changing world.
