26.04 | Life Issue

WIRED 26.04
Science and technology are extending, optimizing, and disrupting every stage of human life. Geneticists and biotechnologists are reengineering our bodies. Ubiquitous screens, apps, VR devices, and social media are transforming how we experience the world. We are a species rewritten, so its time for us to chronicle how thats playing out for each generation. In our new Life Issue, youll find miracle babies, Ethereum-mining teens, idealistic cyber-soldiers, middle-aged gamers, and swipe-happy seniors. Youll find scientists, surgeons, and innovators who are creating body-enhancing (and mind-altering) technologies. And youll find people making unprecedented choices, showing what it means to live in an age of improvisationall here: Nik Mirus