A Night of Food Futurism

Announcing a special mini-issue devoted to biotechnology's role in pandemic prevention.

Sebastian Cocioba, a vocal advocate for amateur science, built a home laboratory from spare parts and second-hand machines purchased on eBay.

Cultivarium, a small nonprofit, is building tools to grow and engineer peculiar organisms—and then giving their discoveries away for free.

A tiny fern has a genome 50 times larger than a human’s. Energy and diffusion—not the nucleus volume—are the key bottlenecks to more expansive growth.

The science of animal welfare is exploding, offering new ways to improve conditions for millions of research animals a year.

The slow growth of model organisms delays biological research. Engineering cells to divide more quickly could speed it up.