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Brian Bergstein

Brian Bergstein is a writer and editor in Boston. He is currently the deputy opinion editor at the Boston Globe and before that, the executive editor of MIT Technology Review. Brian was proto.life’s founding editor.

How to Manipulate Memories

Steve Ramirez wants to zap bad memories and upgrade good ones.

By Brian Bergstein

Longevity, the Greatest Investment Opportunity of All Time

Billionaire Jim Mellon bets that a “stock market mania” will be sparked by technologies that make people live past 100.

By Brian Bergstein

I Have Mixed Feelings About the Robot That Cooked My Dinner

The idea of a restaurant where a machine does the work of human hands made me cringe. Then I tried it.

By Brian Bergstein

Ancient Fables for the Neobiological Age

What “Frankenstein” and the golem tell us about the power and responsibility of science.

By Brian Bergstein

Liver Failing? Grow Some New Ones

A startup’s wild idea for creating organ factories in the body.

By Brian Bergstein

Bring on the Post-Human Future

Gregory Stock is ready for cloning, gene editing, and conscious AI. But first he’s trying to get you better health care.

By Brian Bergstein

Peter Thiel’s Investment in a Vaccine Company Isn’t as Shady as People Want to Believe

The strange saga of a dying researcher desperate to cure herpes.

By Brian Bergstein

What to Do While Waiting for Neural Lace

Step one: breathe…

By Brian Bergstein

When Diet and Lifestyle Aren’t Enough

Supplements and the people who take them.

By Brian Bergstein

The Elusive Definition of Wellness

If you ask people around the world how healthy they think they are, you’ll get some surprising answers.

By Brian Bergstein