genetics
Spark of Science: Pardis Sabeti
The computational geneticist explains why she chose research over being a doctor.
Why Sex Is Mostly Binary but Gender Is a Spectrum
A short genetic history of one of the most profound dimensions of human identity.
Ingenious: Siddhartha Mukherjee
The oncologist, researcher, and writer on genetics, medicine, and identity.
From a Pink Squiggle to the Human Genome Project
This Yellowstone bacterium sparked PCR, one of the great advances in genetics.
The Man Who Kicked Off the Biotech Revolution
The $325 billion biotech industry began with the discovery of an enzyme to slice DNA.
The Case for Bringing Back the Passenger Pigeon
One geneticist’s quest to de-extinct what was once one of the world’s most abundant birds.
We Are Nowhere Close to the Limits of Athletic Performance
Genetic engineering will bring us new Bolts and Shaqs.
The Immortality Hype
Despite the hyperbole, private funding is changing the science of aging for the better.
Does Stress Speed Up Evolution?
Getting control of the molecular mechanisms that drive rapid mutations.
The Secret, Stressful Stories of Fossils
A new field called paleoepigenetics is probing how evolution responds to sudden stress.
Science Is Proving That Tragic Curses Are Real
Epigenetics and behaviorism suggest the ancient Greeks were right.