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Mitochondria Double as Tiny Lenses in the Eye

Guiding Light

Mitochondria Double as Tiny Lenses in the Eye

The First Drug-Releasing Contact Lens Is Here

Eye Spy

The First Drug-Releasing Contact Lens Is Here

To Test Cancer Drugs, These Scientists Grew ‘Avatars’ of Tumors

Multiple Choice

To Test Cancer Drugs, These Scientists Grew ‘Avatars’ of Tumors

The Most Complete Simulation of a Cell Probes Life’s Hidden Rules

Digital Double

The Most Complete Simulation of a Cell Probes Life’s Hidden Rules

Police Used a Rape Survivor's DNA to Link Her to Another Crime

Genetics

Police Used a Rape Survivor's DNA to Link Her to Another Crime

A Twist on Stem Cell Transplants Could Help Blood Cancer Patients

Immunology

A Twist on Stem Cell Transplants Could Help Blood Cancer Patients

Could Crispr Flip the Switch on Insecticide Resistance?

Buzz Off

Could Crispr Flip the Switch on Insecticide Resistance?

Scientists Capture Airborne Animal DNA for the First Time

Zoo Story

Scientists Capture Airborne Animal DNA for the First Time

Welcome to the (Synthetic) Meatspace

Future of Reality

Welcome to the (Synthetic) Meatspace

An AI Finds Superbug-Killing Potential in Human Proteins

AI-ntibiotics

An AI Finds Superbug-Killing Potential in Human Proteins

Moderna's CEO on the Fight Over the Covid-19 Vaccine's Future

RE:WIRED

Moderna's CEO on the Fight Over the Covid-19 Vaccine's Future

States Are Toughening Up Privacy Laws for At-Home DNA Tests

Screen Protector

States Are Toughening Up Privacy Laws for At-Home DNA Tests

Blood, Lies, and a Drug Trials Lab Gone Bad

Backchannel

Blood, Lies, and a Drug Trials Lab Gone Bad

The Complex Truth About ‘Junk DNA’

Genetics

The Complex Truth About ‘Junk DNA’

‘Neurograins’ Could be the Next Brain-Computer Interfaces

Neuroscience

‘Neurograins’ Could be the Next Brain-Computer Interfaces

An Experimental Birth Control Attacks Sperm Like a Virus

Sperm Germ

An Experimental Birth Control Attacks Sperm Like a Virus

This Barnacle-Inspired Glue Seals Bleeding Organs in Seconds

Deep Cut

This Barnacle-Inspired Glue Seals Bleeding Organs in Seconds

Without Code for DeepMind’s Protein AI, One Lab Wrote Its Own

Structures

Without Code for DeepMind’s Protein AI, One Lab Wrote Its Own

DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth

Molecular Biology

DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth

This Device Could Tune Your Heart&-Then Dissolve Away

Paceholder

This Device Could Tune Your Heart—Then Dissolve Away