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A Brief History of Lab Notebooks
How experimental recordings have changed, from the Renaissance through today.
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A Brief History of Bioinformatics Software
How computer scientists on the fringes of biology made sense of sequencing data.
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Metaphors for Biology: Evolution
A series of quantitative metaphors on the speeds of representative events in evolutionary biology. The end of our three-part series.
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Why Lab Coats are White
How a blood-stained surgeon's frock evolved into a pristine symbol of modern science.
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The Quest for Oral GLP-1s
In a recent survey, three-in-four respondents said they would prefer a once‑daily oral pill over a weekly injection of GLP-1s. So why aren't there more…
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How Φ80 Infiltrates Research Labs
While some bacteriophages play vital roles in laboratory research, others are bent on sabotage.
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How to Design Antibodies
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