Articles
Why Scientists Are Merging Brain Organoids with AI
Living computers could provide scientists with an energy-efficient alternative to traditional AI.
Beyond Control
By Erika Szymanski et al.
Scaling Mycelium
Eben Bayer on the give and take between sustainability and capitalism
Personalized Medicine Can’t Scale Without AI
Xenografts inspired hopes of more individualized cancer therapies. Three experts weigh in on how that future may — and may not — manifest.
Hacking Trees
Can genetically modified trees provide a durable solution for carbon capture? Maddie Hall, cofounder of Living Carbon, weighs in on the potential and challenges of using synthetic biology to combat climate change.
The Factory Is Alive
By Christina Agapakis et al.
Down to Earth
To achieve the future it advertises, synthetic biology must reimagine itself
Fish Out of Water
How to make lab-grown seafood delicious
Who Owns Living Things?
By Sudeep Agarwala et al.
Engineering Equity
Empowering communities to reimagine synthetic biology
The Black Box Breakers
Blowing the lid off of biological essentialism in medicine
Instagram Fruit
The secret behind Del Monte’s Pink Pineapple™
Anatomy of an Underground Wildfire
Can we help scorched soil heal itself in the wake of supersized wildfires?
Pandemic Diaries
By Zuri Sullivan et al.
The Nature of Nature
Is the genetically engineered chestnut tree an act of ecological restoration or a threat to wild forests?
