synthetic biology
A Synthetic Biologist's Beautiful Palette of Bacteria Art
To synthetic biologist Tal Danino, bacteria provide all the primary colors an artist needs.
Why Did the Genetic Code of All Life on Earth Suddenly Stop Evolving?
Around 3,000 million years ago, something stopped the genetic code from growing.
The Simplest Living Organism Ever Has 437 Genes and Was Made in a Laboratory
"Our long-term vision has been to design and build synthetic organisms on demand where you can add in specific functions and predict what the outcome is going to be."
7 Synthetic Biology Projects Breathing Life into Science
If you go down to the lab today, be sure of a big surprise.
What Happens If Someone Uses This DIY Gene Hacking Kit to Make Mutant Bacteria?
As the DIY bio movement grows, questions have been raised about the consequences of bringing the technology to all.
This Synthetic Bio Company Is Hacking Microbes to Build the Smells of the Future
Ginkgo Bioworks is re-wilding our noses with raw biological smells by drilling right down into an organism’s DNA.
How Synthetic Lifeforms Will Help Us Survive On and Off Earth
Artificial organisms may be the key to saving our planet, and colonizing others.
Why Eating Lab-Grown Meat Will Be More Ethical Than Eating a Vegetable
Synthetic biologists argue that because the cells used to culture meat are 'taken out of context,' they are less alive than even plants.
Scientists Are Working on an 'Undo Button' For Genetic Experiments Gone Wrong
The solution to GMOs that go wrong could be more gene editing.
Who Wants to Get High Off THC Grown in Yeast?
Radio Motherboard discusses lab-grown drugs, fossil fuel divestment, cliff diving, and the crypto wars.
Scientists Hacked Yeast to Make THC. Now Comes the Hard Part
We can program yeast to make synthetic weed, but getting high is still a question of scale.
Genetic Engineering Is (Probably) Protected By the First Amendment
Could we stop a scientist from making a designer baby, even if we wanted to?