Biohacking 43 Stories

Biohacking or body hacking is the practice of putting RFID chip implants, sensors, magnets, and other tech implants under the skin. Meet the people who want to become cyborgs.

A person is taken into the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston after undergoing COVID-19 testing earlier this month.

Humans and Technology

Can low-cost, open-source ventilator designs help save lives?

An MIT team is racing to publish designs it hopes could help as the escalating pandemic strains supplies of the machines.

by James Temple
2020-03-24T21:51:00-04:00

Humans and Technology

Buyer beware of this $1 million gene therapy for aging

Offshore tests by a startup seek to lengthen people’s telomeres—and their lives.

by Frank Swain
2019-12-06T12:38:31-05:00

Humans and Technology

Biohackers are pirating a cheap version of a million-dollar gene therapy

A group of independent biologists say they plan to copy a costly gene therapy. Are they medicine’s Robin Hood or a threat to safety?

by Alex Pearlman
2019-08-30T12:54:39-04:00

Portrait of Nathan Copeland, one of the first people to have a brain computer interface, with a robot arm behind his head

Humans and Technology

Man with brain implant on Musk’s Neuralink: “I would play video games”

Nathan Copeland, a pioneering research subject, talks about his brain-computer interface and why he’s excited for Elon Musk’s.

by Antonio Regalado
2019-07-19T03:00:01-04:00

Biotechnology

The search for the kryptonite that can stop CRISPR

Powerful gene-editing tools have the potential to heal—or to harm. Now there’s a race to develop the antidote to the next bioweapon.

by Antonio Regalado
2019-05-02T11:39:03-04:00

Biotechnology

The scientist who created CRISPR babies is on Time’s most-influential list—but not in a good way

by Antonio Regalado
2019-04-18T10:39:26-04:00

cap before eg fitted / stock photo

Humans and Technology

Zapping the brain with electricity seems to improve memory in older people

by Niall Firth
2019-04-09T06:59:00-04:00

Humans and Technology

A shot of nanoparticles lets mice see in the dark

by Charlotte Jee
2019-03-01T09:39:49-05:00

Artificial Intelligence

The 10 worst technologies of the 21st century

We all make mistakes sometimes.

by The Editors
2019-02-27T07:00:00-05:00

An illustration of a researcher receiving sounds to their ear transmitted through the air

Humans and Technology

Lasers can send a whispered audio message directly to one person’s ear

by Charlotte Jee
2019-01-28T12:30:28-05:00

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