Microbiology

This biochemist is determined to create a new life form by reversing the shape of molecules.

How scientists are engineering synthetic cells to be more life-like.

Inside the “out there” quest for a drug that would help doctors save lives before it’s too late.

Science is coming after people who don’t give a @#$% about sidewalks.

Why we need to study the microbiology of disasters.

In some deep aquifers, cells have a chemical trick that could sustain whole underground ecosystems.

Michael Levin is uncovering the incredible, latent abilities of living things.

They come and go from diverse neighborhoods, build towers, and cooperate.

This biochemist calls BS on extending human lifespan. Is he right?

Success in nature and culture depends just as much on timing as it does on brilliance.

A universe of microbes is melting with Arctic ice—with consequences for us all.

We are formed by more than DNA. Meet the bioelectric code.