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Emulating the same processes naturally found in rainforests, this prototype filters and cleans water of harmful pollutants.

Source: This low-tech terrarium purifies water like a mini-Amazon rainforest (Video)

The Structural Genomics Consortium encourages pharma companies and academics to put all their cards on the table in the interest of speeding up drug research.

Source: Big Pharma Buys Into Crowdsourcing for Drug Discovery

$80 and a spit sample gets you a spot on one of Helix’s sequencing machines and a chunk of its cloud storage for your exome sequence.

Source: Helix’s Bold Plan to Be Your One Stop Personal Genomics Shop

Genetic-sequencing companies are going beyond ancestry and disease risk to offer specific lifestyle recommendations.

Source: Can Your DNA Tell You the Healthiest Way to Live Your Life?

Our editors pick the 50 companies that best combine innovative technology with an effective business model.

Source: The 50 Smartest Companies of 2017 might not be what you think

Mounting evidence suggests that a richer, more diverse community of microbes in your gut lowers your risk of disease.

Source: I went on a hunter-gatherer diet to improve my gut health—and it worked

With as much as half of all current jobs going away in the next 10-12 years, let’s adopt the following mission: making learning accessible and feasible for..

Source: In the knowledge economy, we need a Netflix of education