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Genetic Ancestry Doesn’t Tell Your Whole Story
If you’re looking for your genetic origin story, your DNA will only take you so far.
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AI’s Innate Bias Against Animals
Chatbots and robots are a setback to animal welfare—but have the potential to be a step forward
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The Psychedelic Scientist
High on ayahuasca, Bruce Damer saw how life on Earth began. He may very well be right.
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How to Print a Human
We desperately need new organs, and we’re running out of ways to get them -
The Secret Superpowers of Frog Skin
The slime coating frog bodies could hold the key to fighting infections, healings wounds and even curing cancer -
The Cure Hiding in a Rotten Eggplant
Bacteriophage therapy’s new renaissance -
The Indomitable Jane Goodall
Reflections from those who knew the primatologist best -
A Pediatrician’s Lament
How the blustery rhetoric of Trump and Kennedy makes life harder for local physicians