May 28, 2026
(Gizmodo) – Human reproduction beyond Earth is no longer reserved for science fiction. China launched embryo-like structures made from living human stem cells to its Tiangong space station for a first-of-its-kind experiment. The artificial embryos flew on board the Tianzhou-10 … Read More
May 27, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – As you might expect, the event is generating a mix of curiosity, excitement, and condemnation from various quarters. To me, it feels like very much a reflection of where we are today—an era of peptide-crazed looksmaxxing … Read More
May 25, 2026
(The New Atlantis) – The new doped Olympics are not about what we can do but what tech titans can do to us. The boundary between the leisurely exercise of human strength for its own sake and its exercise due … Read More
May 20, 2026
(Nature) – The de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences says it has developed a key technology for bringing back extinct birds and rescuing endangered ones: an artificial egg. The device — a 3D-printed lattice shell that protects a transparent silicone membrane — … Read More
May 20, 2026
(Nature) – Chinese start-up firms are supercharging their efforts to develop algorithms for brain–computer interfaces that help people to walk and talk. Chinese companies are racing to develop and deploy artificial-intelligence powered brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) that can help people to … Read More
May 19, 2026
(Knowable Magazine) – Researchers are testing CAR T cell therapy as a way to reset the immune system in lupus, Graves’ disease and other conditions where the body’s defenses go rogue Originally designed to target and wipe out cancer by … Read More
May 18, 2026
(Noema) – Scientists working on synthetic “mirror life” have come to realize that, if created, it could pose an existential threat to life The organism of concern is an artificially created mirror-image form of bacteria, known popularly as mirror life. … Read More
May 18, 2026
(MIT Tech Review) – United Therapeutics is collaborating with Varda Space Industries to test pharmaceuticals in outer space. The idea of building things in outer space for use on Earth has so far been explored mostly on board the International … Read More
May 15, 2026
(Politico) – A battle is looming not just over privacy, but the future of the human species. Ownership of extensive neural data can be used to do anything from serve extremely targeted ads to surveil or manipulate consumers’ behavior. The … Read More
May 15, 2026
(The Times) – Scientists hope the computer made from living cells could untangle the causes of ADHD and schizophrenia The machine is the work of Cortical Labs, an Australian start-up. Its main product, the CL1, is a shoebox-sized device that … Read More
May 8, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Tech advances not only made IVF safer and more effective; they fundamentally changed the way we think about our reproduction. In recent years, we’ve had reports of babies born with DNA from three people, babies born … Read More
May 7, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Automation, AI, and screening technologies are already transforming reproductive medicine. Reproduction is complex, and there’s a lot that embryologists and gynecologists still don’t know and can’t control. They don’t know why many healthy-looking embryos don’t “stick” … Read More
May 5, 2026
(Vox) – A medical field that almost died is quietly fixing one disease at a time. In a lab room, a toddler, deaf from birth, sits while a tone plays. There’s no reaction. His face does not change. Six weeks … Read More
April 28, 2026
(Wired) – While many brain-computer interface companies are focused on helping paralyzed people communicate, Motif Neurotech is targeting mental health disorders. The latest brain-computer interface could help people recover from severe depression. Motif Neurotech announced Monday that the US Food … Read More
April 27, 2026
(New York Times) – A new therapy has the potential to cure hundreds of diseases — and even reverse aging. Many scientists now believe that mastering cellular rejuvenation may be the key to transforming how long and how well we … Read More
April 23, 2026
(Wired) – Paterna Biosciences says it has determined the set of instructions needed to turn sperm-making stem cells into “normal, mature” sperm. A startup out of Utah, Paterna Biosciences, says it has successfully grown functional human sperm in a lab … Read More
April 20, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – But the researchers who are raising flags describe a pathway, even multiple pathways, to bringing mirror life into existence—and they say we urgently need guardrails to figure out what kinds of mirror-biology research might still be … Read More
April 16, 2026
(Wired) – California-based startup Sabi is developing a thought-to-text wearable that could usher in the cyborg future. Speech-to-text capability is now baked into all modern computers. But what if you didn’t have to dictate to your computer? What if you … Read More
April 16, 2026
(New Scientist) – Monkeys with around 300 electrodes implanted in their brain were able to steer avatars around different virtual environments Monkeys fitted with a brain-computer interface (BCI) successfully navigated a variety of virtual worlds using only their thoughts. Researchers … Read More
April 15, 2026
(IEEE Spectrum) – Early BCI users reveal what the technology gives—and takes More people have gone to space than have received advanced brain-computer interfaces (BCI) like his. But a growing number of companies are now attempting to move the devices … Read More
April 13, 2026
(BBC) – A ballerina with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) says she was able to dance again after her brainwaves were used to power an avatar live on-stage in Amsterdam. Breanna Olson, a mother of three, found out two and a … Read More
April 10, 2026
(Washington Post) – Chips seeded with the astronauts’ bone marrow cells circled the moon to help probe how deep-space flight affects human biology. As the four Artemis II astronauts looped around the moon this week before their return trip to … Read More
April 8, 2026
(Wired) – The trial focused on tumor types where HER3 signaling is implicated. HER3 is a membrane-bound protein that mediates cell-to-cell communication on growth and division. But when cancer is present, HER3 signaling can act as a pro-cancer driver, contributing … Read More
April 1, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – In an interview with Wired, R3 listed three investors: billionaire Tim Draper, the Singapore-based fund Immortal Dragons, and life-extension investors LongGame Ventures. But there is more to the story. And R3 doesn’t want that story told. … Read More
March 31, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – In front of me is essentially a metal box on wheels. Standing at around a meter in height, it reminds me of a stainless-steel counter in a restaurant kitchen. It is covered in flexible plastic tubing—which … Read More
