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Brian Bergstein
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Aug 31, 2017
Peter Thiel’s Investment in a Vaccine Company Isn’t as Shady as People Want to Believe
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Amanda Schaffer
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Aug 17, 2017
Brain Disorders May Start in the Gut — So Let’s Treat Them There
Dogfish sharks produce a remarkable antibacterial compound that might halt symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
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Esther Dyson
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Aug 24, 2017
From Molecules to Megacities: How Life Scales
Geoffrey West’s monumental book “Scale” channels math and physics to explore the limits of our biology, our companies, and our civilization.
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Grace Rubenstein
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Aug 10, 2017
Can Hackers Save This Man’s Hearing and Eyesight?
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Diana Crow
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Aug 31, 2017
The Audacity of Synthetic Biologists
Sophia Roosth puts big questions to the people who are reviving extinct species and building organisms from scratch.
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Jessica Leber
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Aug 31, 2017
23-Year-Old VC Bets on Lengthening Health Span
MIT dropout Laura Deming is on the hunt for causes of disease and mechanisms for quashing it.
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Elizabeth Preston
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Aug 3, 2017
What if Number 2 Makes You Number 1?
Elite athletes have a greater variety of bacteria in their guts…
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