There were three great scientific horse races in the last century. The first two, the race to the moon and the race to split the atom have been widely reported. The race to sequence the huma... Read more
A Q&A with Craig Venter The geneticist and entrepreneur hopes to use synthetic biology to transform microscopic algae into cells that eat up carbon dioxide, spit out oil and provi... Read more
Image via Wikipedia TO CREATE life is the prerogative of gods. Deep in the human psyche, whatever the rational pleadings of physics and chemistry, there exists a sense that biology is differ... Read more
Image via CrunchBase J. Craig Venter is moving past the human genome — for example, by designing algae that could replace fossil fuels. THE scientific rebel J. Craig Venter created headlines... Read more