Science

Motherboard went to Biofabricate, a conference about the future of biomaterials to speak with Andrew Pelling who is developing DIY CO2 incubator kits. Something he hopes will allow people to grow their own human and animal tissues from home.

Tina Gorjanc is challenging the future of how we commodify human genetic material when it comes using it for the production of luxury goods.

What if we could use technology to cheat death?

Powassan virus is deadly and our lack of knowledge regarding it can be scary.

El fotógrafo de la naturaleza Steve Axford —quien descubrió su amor por la vida vegetal y animal después de jubilarse— habla de la belleza de los hongos y de su trabajo en la documentación de esta compleja forma de vida.

SNOLAB, one of the world's premier laboratories, searches for dark matter, supernovas, and neutrinos 6,800 feet underground. Motherboard meets the scientists and staff that make this place a leader in research and scientific exploration.

Motherboard got a first peek at the world's first biodegradable sneakers.

Matt Zimbric viaja a un jardín secreto californiano de mariguana medicinal dirigido por Nonna Mariguana, una abuela de 91 años que cocina platillos italianos clásicos con un toque personal.

Type 2 diabetes has traditionally been seen as a disease of the developed world. But scientists are now realizing that this is less than half the story.

Hamilton meets a few mushroom kingpins in their subterranean mushroom chamber.

Hamilton seeks out a shaman to perform the traditional ceremony honoring the psychedelic plant Salvia divinorum.

Hamilton meets Timothy Wyllie, an artist and founding member of The Process Church whose experiences on PCP led him to be an advocate of the drug's use.