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Entertainment

A Synthetic Biologist’s Beautiful Palette of Bacteria Art

05.23.16

By Noémie Jennifer
Tech

Why Did the Genetic Code of All Life on Earth Suddenly Stop Evolving?

05.03.16

By Sarah Emerson
Tech

The Simplest Living Organism Ever Has 437 Genes and Was Made in a Laboratory

03.24.16

By Jason Koebler
Entertainment

7 Synthetic Biology Projects Breathing Life into Science

02.22.16

By Anna Marks
Tech

What Happens If Someone Uses This DIY Gene Hacking Kit to Make Mutant Bacteria?

12.07.15

By Kari Paul
Tech

This Synthetic Bio Company Is Hacking Microbes to Build the Smells of the Future

11.05.15

By Britt Wray
Tech

How Synthetic Lifeforms Will Help Us Survive On and Off Earth

10.25.15

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Why Eating Lab-Grown Meat Will Be More Ethical Than Eating a Vegetable

10.23.15

By Jason Koebler
Tech

Scientists Are Working on an ‘Undo Button’ For Genetic Experiments Gone Wrong

10.12.15

By Jason Koebler
Tech

Who Wants to Get High Off THC Grown in Yeast?

09.25.15

By Jason Koebler
Tech

Scientists Hacked Yeast to Make THC. Now Comes the Hard Part

09.17.15

By Jason Koebler
Tech

Genetic Engineering Is (Probably) Protected By the First Amendment

09.14.15

By Jason Koebler

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