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A Recipe for Cells
By breaking cells apart, all the way down to molecules, researchers hope to recreate the recipe from which they are built. But their efforts may prove…
Oct 19
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Making the Modern Laboratory (New Book!)
Our third book, ‘Making the Modern Laboratory’, is a lavishly illustrated hardcover about the laboratory, and how (nearly) everything in it came to be…
Oct 15
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Species Have Blurry Boundaries
A bacterium can acquire new genes without acquiring a new name, or acquire a new name without changing whatsoever.
Oct 12
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Mitochondria Are Alive
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The Penicillin Myth
Nov 24, 2025
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That’s All, for Now
Mar 25
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A Visual Guide to DNA Sequencing
Feb 26
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A Brief History of Lab Notebooks
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How to Design Flowers — Nick Desnoyer
A plant biologist in England is using genetic engineering, breeding, and pathogens to design and create flowers that exist nowhere else on Earth.
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A third installment of articles that we’d like to publish across medicine, biosecurity, the environment, animal welfare and more.
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Great Leaps in Biological Theory
Two of biology’s greatest theories completely predate direct experimental evidence. Tracing their origins could help us understand how to make the next…
Sep 28
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On the Role of Theory in Biology
Biology is often seen as an experimental science, with theory serving to generalize patterns from empirical data. But history reveals that theory plays…
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How to Terraform Mars — Erika DeBenedictis of Pioneer Labs
Pioneer Labs has made its first microbe capable of growing in simulated Martian soil and making building materials.
Sep 22
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We are returning with a renewed focus on original reporting, investigations, and thesis-driven philanthropy.
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