Pixar Got It Wrong (But They’re Close) I caught the trailer for Toy Story 5 the other day. The main antagonist? A green, frog-shaped kids’ tablet named Lilypad. A genius new villain for the franchise, Read More
When Pixie Dust Meets Predictive Algorithms Let’s be honest, the idea of a sentient toy isn’t new. Pixar’s Toy Story franchise has built an empire on it. But if the writers were Read More
The Treadmill Test: A Puzzling Inheritance Down in Jiangsu, China, a biochemist named Xin Yin is putting mice through their paces. It’s a scene I’ve seen versions of countless times: researchers in labs, Read More
The Treadmill Test: Or, What Happens When Genes Aren’t the Whole Story I’ve been covering tech and science long enough to have seen countless headlines promising a revolution. Genetically modified food, gene therapy, Read More
The Runner, The Father, and the RNA Enigma There are days when I think I’ve seen it all in biotech. Another AI breakthrough, another CRISPR variant, another company promising to extend human lifespan to Read More
Beyond the Double Helix: When Your Dad’s Workout Matters There are days when a story lands in my inbox, and despite the endless churn of AI updates and Web3 promises, something genuinely pulls me Read More
The Ghost in the Genomic Machine: A Father’s Fitness and the Unborn Child There are days in this job, after watching countless startups promise to ‘disrupt’ everything from dog walking to democracy, when a Read More
The Unseen Legacy of a Father’s Sweat It was a quiet afternoon in Jiangsu, China, but what unfolded in Xin Yin’s lab at Nanjing University could have some surprisingly loud implications for how Read More
The Echo in the Offspring: A Runner’s Legacy Beyond Genes I’ve watched the tech world chase immortality for decades. From early bio-hacking fads to today’s multi-billion dollar longevity clinics, the promise of Read More
A Marathon in Miniature, a Mystery in the Making I’ve seen a lot of things come and go in tech and science. I’ve watched companies chase digital ghosts, and others build empires on Read More