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Emotions don’t get in the way of rational thought, says Antonio Damasio. They make it possible.

A new book argues that technology and environmentalism clash. But that’s not a useful way to think about the future.

Forget editing genes. This guy wants to write brand-new ones.

Psychiatry’s biggest breakthrough in decades might come from machines that don’t need to understand the mind at all.

Racing against his own genetic disorder, Onno Faber is giving people with rare diseases the tools to make medicine work for them.

Craig Venter is betting that something is lurking in your body and you’d better address it now.

Can we create people who are optimized for ultra-long space travel?

A trailblazing genetic scan could bring the tools of precision medicine to a woefully understudied field.

Scientists and entrepreneurs tell us what they’re looking for.

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

Maverick scientists, a blissful free diver, and (of course) sex and drugs lit up our top articles of the year.

Leave it to the Brits to invent a synthetic alcohol that gets you properly pickled and doesn’t make you feel poisoned.

Nobel laureates and billionaires fight to sell you what they hope is a longevity pill.

From printed skin to augmented reality, Lisa Suennen channels her inner goddess to divine which health technologies people will actually use.

Why replacement organs will come from a farm.