Mar 29 2013Save3/29/13This new discovery will finally allow us to build biological computersRobbie Gonzalez21SaveThe dawn of biological computers is at hand. In a major first for synthetic biology, Stanford engineers have used…
May 24 2012Save5/24/12Could your next hard drive be made with DNA?Tim Barribeau23Save Okay, so maybe not your next one, but in a few year's time? Maybe your storage will be writ across DNA itself.…
Feb 29 2008Save2/29/08This Weekend, Start Building a New Life FormAnnalee Newitz18SaveIn a few years, your weekend hacking project will involve bits of DNA and a PCR machine instead of a soldering iron…
Feb 4 2008Save2/4/08Grow Your Own Genetically-Engineered BacteriaAnnalee Newitz10Save Want to make the goo in a petri dish spell out the words "Hello World"? Now you can. Biopunk provocateur Quinn…
Jan 8 2008Save1/8/08The Dos and Don'ts of Hacking Your DNAAnnalee Newitz5Save Yes, there are biology hackers. They're scientists with wet labs who are reverse-engineering the genomes of fruit…