synthetic biology

Tech

A Startup Is Pushing the Boundaries of Biology with Synthetic DNA

08.19.15

By Alix Jean-Pharuns
Tech

This Infant Human Heart Was Grown From Stem Cells

07.14.15

By Emiko Jozuka
Tech

The Military Is Working on Making Humans as Disease-Resistant as Rats

07.02.15

By Jason Koebler
Tech

DARPA: We Are Engineering the Organisms That Will Terraform Mars

06.24.15

By Jason Koebler
Tech

We Might Create Alien Life in a Lab Before We Find It in Space

06.05.15

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

These Artificial Muscles Are Made of Onion Cells

05.05.15

By Kari Paul
Tech

This Biohacker BBQ Would Be Way Cooler With Less Red Tape

04.21.15

By Emiko Jozuka
Tech

The Dragon and the Martian

03.16.15

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Programmable Bioweapons Could Be the Nuclear Bombs of Future Wars

02.25.15

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

The Hail Mary Plan to Stop Rhino Poaching By Growing Horns in a Lab

02.16.15

By Jason Koebler
Entertainment

Submerge Yourself in a Strange Sea of Slit-Scanned Jellyfish

12.17.14

By Becky Chung
Tech

NASA Is Working on Creating Bioengineered Drones Made of Mushrooms and Bacteria

11.14.14

By Jason Koebler

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Food

Infant Dead and 10 Others Infected Amid Listeria Outbreak

An infant is dead and 10 others are infected with listeria amid the latest outbreak, which has been tied to ready-to-eat meat products .

11.24.24

By Paige Gawley
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Life

Families Pay as Much in Rent as They Do for Child Care

American families are shelling out the big bucks for child care, with some paying more for it than they do for rent.

11.24.24

By Paige Gawley
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Gaming

I Didn’t Know What the Hell ‘Path of Exile 2’ Was All About, but I’m a Believer Now

‘Path of Exile 2’ didn’t pop up on my radar until I finally sat down with the Early Access stream. Now, I understand the hype.

11.24.24

By Dwayne Jenkins
Screenshot: GSC Game World

Gaming

‘STALKER 2’ to Release Its First Major Patch, Fixing Many Issues

Against all the game’s bugs and glitches at launch, ‘STALKER 2’ is preparing its first major update for the week ahead.

11.24.24

By Dwayne Jenkins
Photo by kaisersosa67

Life

Americans Are Drinking More Alcohol Than Ever

People in the U.S. are drinking more alcohol now than they did during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study found.

11.24.24

By Paige Gawley