Sarah ScolesThe Military Is Funding Ethicists to Keep Its Brain Enhancement Experiments in CheckEfforts involving brain-computer interfaces pose myriad risks to would-be supersoldiers·8 min read·Apr 1, 2021--2--2
Jessica FursethYou Have a 50/50 Chance of Passing a Cancer Gene to Your Child. What Would You Do?Genetic testing can catch markers of disease before they’re transmitted to future generations — presenting some would-be parents with a…·9 min read·Mar 1, 2021--2--2
Emily MullinA New Kind of Gene Editing Could Turn Back the Clock on a Rapid Aging DiseaseResearch in mice shows promise for curing progeria, a disease that causes rapid aging and early death·5 min read·Jan 12, 2021--1--1
Yasmin TayagImplanted Devices Are the Future of Medicine, but They’re Vulnerable to HackersElectronic medical implants can come with serious security risks·2 min read·Nov 18, 2020--1--1
Emily MullinScientists Just Stored 52 Pages of Mozart in DNADNA storage could decrease our reliance on energy-intensive data centers·2 min read·Nov 4, 2020--3--3
Emily MullinEvidence Is Mounting That Gene-Editing Human Embryos Can Have Destructive Side EffectsErrors made while editing could be passed on to future generations·2 min read·Nov 2, 2020--4--4
Sarah ScolesHow Do We Know If a Virus Is Bioengineered?Detecting bioengineering is a fraught task for any organism·9 min read·Aug 5, 2020--4--4
Emily MullinThe Next Gene-Edited Babies Could Be Free of Sickle Cell or Muscular DystrophyBut the technology isn’t reliable enough yet, says a global committee·5 min read·Sep 8, 2020--2--2