How scientists are engineering synthetic cells to be more life-like.
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Microbiology
Inside the “out there” quest for a drug that would help doctors save lives before it’s too late.
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Science is coming after people who don’t give a @#$% about sidewalks.
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Why we need to study the microbiology of disasters.
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In some deep aquifers, cells have a chemical trick that could sustain whole underground ecosystems.
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Michael Levin is uncovering the incredible, latent abilities of living things.
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They come and go from diverse neighborhoods, build towers, and cooperate.
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This biochemist calls BS on extending human lifespan. Is he right?
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Success in nature and culture depends just as much on timing as it does on brilliance.
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A universe of microbes is melting with Arctic ice—with consequences for us all.
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