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New research on plant communication raises questions on the final frontier of dietary ethics. 
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Bioethicists are forced to consider their purpose as leading practitioner joins controversial stem-cell company.
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A Planet of Viruses | There are 100 trillion microbes that live in your body. Do you own them? Do they deserve the same protections as your own genes and cells?
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Bioengineers at Maastricht University have announced the world's first lab-grown meat will be produced this October, a significant step in what could become a DIY food revolution. According to the Financial Times, 70 percent of agricultural land is currently used for raising animals for their meat, so experts argue so-called in vitro meat engineering will become a vital part of future food production. And not surprisingly, this development has reigniting a larger debate on bioethics.
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DNA: The next big hacking frontier. Imagine computer-designed viruses that cure disease, new bacteria capable of synthesizing an unlimited fuel supply, new organisms that wipe out entire populations and bio-toxins that target world leaders. They sound like devices restricted to feature-film script writers, but it is possible to create all of these today, using the latest advances in synthetic biology. Via Frederic Emam-Zade Gerardino
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