GMOs could reboot chestnut trees
Under a slice-of-heaven sky, 150 acres of rolling green hills stretch off into the distance. About a dozen people—tree enthusiasts,
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These companies are creating food out of thin air
Dried cells—it’s what’s for dinner. At least that’s what a new crop of biotech startups, armed with carbon-guzzling bacteria and
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Two Nobel Prize winners want to cancel their own CRISPR patents in Europe
In the decade-long fight to control CRISPR, the super-tool for modifying DNA, it’s been common for lawyers to try to
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A new smart mask analyzes your breath to monitor your health
Your breath can give away a lot about you. Each exhalation contains all sorts of compounds, including possible biomarkers for
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This researcher wants to replace your brain, little by little
A US agency pursuing moonshot health breakthroughs has hired a researcher advocating an extremely radical plan for defeating death. His
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What’s next for MDMA
MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the
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Splashy breakthroughs are exciting, but people with spinal cord injuries need more
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A device that zaps the spinal cord gave paralyzed people better control of their hands
Fourteen years ago, a journalist named Melanie Reid attempted a jump on horseback and fell. The accident left her mostly
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The burgeoning field of brain mapping
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