Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Having spent some time in my career exploring the landscape of science-fiction — it is a particularly exciting step to delve into ...

The word "biotechnology" conjures up white coats and elaborate glassware, big sterile labs and expensive equipment. But there's a group of amateur scientists that believes it shouldn't be that way — ...

At Jim Kent’s Human Genome Browser Gateway, anyone curious about the fundamental building blocks of the human body can point and click their way through gigabytes of publicly available genetic data.

What if, after a deadly cyberwar eradicated technology as we know it today, humanity attempted to rebuild our tech-obsessed society through biological means? That’s the futurist premise of ...

Speculative fiction is a type of fiction that generally has a strong scientific component. It looks at future or past scenarios while considering what would happen if a particular technology had been ...

Heroes and Star Trek‘s Zachary Quinto is set to star and executive produce Biopunk, an hourlong drama based on the book Biopunk: DIY Scientists Hack the Software of Life by Wired magazine’s senior ...

Journalist Marcus Wohlsen is a reporter for The Associated Press, focusing on biotechnology, genetic testing and bioethics. You can follow him on Twitter @MarcusWohlsen. The word "biotechnology" ...