Praise the Worm
I will never forget my first encounter with mealworms. I was six years old, had
Komodo Dragons and Reptilian Antimicrobial Peptides: Addressing Emergent Problems with Prehistoric Solutions
As a small child, from the point I could articulate sentences, I expressed an interest
The Science Behind the CRISPR Babies Lulu and Nana
Scientist and Bioethicists are in outrage at the moment. Many post about how much they
Glyph Molecular Whiskey Review
Recently, a company called Endless West released a “molecular whiskey”. The name comes from the
True Story: I Injected Myself With a CRISPR Genetic Enhancement
If you had asked me to test a CRISPR gene therapy on myself on October
The People Who Fall Through The Cracks
It happened again today, I got another email from a man watching his son slowly
Longevity In Humans Is Probably Not Genetically Heritable… Yet?
An article in the journal Genetics that came out this week, “Estimates of the Heritability of
The role of language in the acceptance of technologies
Why do certain cultures accept technologies while others react with extreme caution? Europeans laugh about
Methods of inducing maximum levels of human suffering
So there I was, sitting in an improvised surgery room, in a garage, in the
‘We were somewhere on the edge of the desert…’ Biohacking, Eyedrops, and Clickbait
Before you read any further, you should know that anything here is probably only half-true.