Body Builders, The

For millennia, humans have tried and often failed to master nature and transcend our limits. But this has started to change. Weaving together vivid storytelling and groundbreaking science, The Body Builders dives into the current revolution in human augmentation and explores how it helps us triumph over the boundaries of our bodies and our minds.

Adam Piore is an award-winning journalist and a former editor and correspondent for Newsweek. His narrative features have appeared in Rolling Stone, Businessweek, Scientific American, National Geographic, the Boston Globe Magazine, and a wide array of other publications. He covered public health for the Boston Globe in 2024, where he was part of the early coverage and investigation of the downfall of Stewart Health Care. This is his third book.