Tag: digital biology

• Should the Rich Be Allowed to Buy the Best Genes? – Air Mail

  August 4, 2019

  Biology is the new tech. https://airmail.news/issues/2019-7-27/should-the-rich-be-allowed-to-buy-the-best-genes more ›

• It’s 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning

  May 28, 2019

  DNA tweaks won’t fix our problems. Editors’ note: This is the first installment in a new series, “Op-Eds From the Future,” in which science fiction authors, futurists, philosophers and scientists… more ›

• Why The Future Isn’t Digital

  February 22, 2019

  In a famous scene in the 1967 movie The Graduate, a family friend takes aside Dustin Hoffman’s character, Benjamin Braddock, and whispers in a conspiratorial tone “Plastics.  There’s a great… more ›

• Google’s DeepMind aces protein folding

  December 7, 2018

  Google’s DeepMind aces protein folding Turns out mastering chess and Go was just for starters. On 2 December, the Google-owned artificial intelligence firm DeepMind took top honors in the 13th… more ›

• Chinese Scientist Who Says He Edited Babies’ Genes Defends His Work

  November 29, 2018

  Chinese Scientist Who Says He Edited Babies’ Genes Defends His Work A Chinese scientist who claims to have created the world’s first genetically edited babies said at a conference on… more ›

• Reversed Aging, Pig Organs, and the Future of Humankind

  July 22, 2018

  Reversed Aging, Pig Organs, and the Future of Humankind For a man playing God, George Church certainly looks the part. Over the past 45 years, the Harvard geneticist and his… more ›

• Curtains For Us All?

  July 16, 2017

  Curtains For Us All? » My main professional job has been as an astronomer and a space scientist. I’ve been very lucky to have been working through several decades now,… more ›

• The Reordering of Medicine

  June 14, 2016

  The Reordering of Medicine » When you wake up in the morning You’ll have a brand new feeling And you’ll find yourself healing -Daniel Johnston The nature of the way… more ›

• The Genome Engineering Revolution Henry Pickavet,…

  May 13, 2015

  The Genome Engineering Revolution Henry Pickavet, techcrunch.com Editor’s note: Ryan Clarke is a biochemistry PhD candidate with an interest in genetic engineering. He is a published scientist with a background… more ›

• Perhaps humans are the microbiome living in the…

  January 20, 2015

  “Perhaps humans are the microbiome living in the guts of an AI that is only now being born” – Edge.org more ›