From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology.

My boyfriend and I made some very ambitious, misguided decisions in the winter. We signed ourselves up to host guests in our small one-bedroom apartment for basically most of the summer. We are now ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a breakthrough in synthetic biology.

The offices of Google are pictured in London on February 28, 2026. JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images Google released agents-cli on April 21, 2026, and it has shipped 13 updates in the 71 days since — ...