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She’s invented a way to build exactly the right molecule for the job

He builds under-the-skin chips that deliver drugs straight into the blood

He plugs straight into the brain to map our thoughts, neuron by neuron

She creates injectable scaffolds that help the body heal

He lured the ocean’s premier coal-mine canary into captivity

She studies how our brains create accurate representations of the world

He finds inspiration for tomorrow's underwater vehicles in the planet's first swimmer

He develops new ways to get the most information with the least effort

We visit operating rooms, observatories, and islands full of slightly-less-than-rational monkeys to find the young geniuses who are shaping the future of science