As we stand on the precipice of a scientific revolution, researchers are pushing the boundaries of biology by developing synthetic cells from non-living components. This groundbreaking work could ...

The Race to Create Life” is the title of the lead article in the October, 1962, issue of Harper’s Magazine. “The synthesis of an organism has long been our goal,” state the authors of a recent article ...

The beginning of this month marks a half-year of being quarantined in my home. I really can’t complain; I am living with my husband and some family members in a comfortable house in a lovely setting.