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The First Weight Loss Drugs
Long before Ozempic and Mounjaro, there were mitochondrial uncouplers. While deadly if not used with care, it might be time for them to make a comeback.
Jul 17
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Alex Telford
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The Uncertain Origins of Aspirin
The history of humanity’s pharmacopeia is often muddied by folklore. What can the origins of aspirin teach us about separating fact from fiction?
Jul 14
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Issue 07 is Coming on Monday
Featuring articles on aspirin’s murky origins, scaling proteomics, and the history of fermentation.
Jul 10
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June 2025
A Night of Food Futurism
A science fiction story brought to life through a pro-GMO dinner.
Jun 24
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Alexandra Balwit
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Inside ARIA, the UK's Bet to Build Scientific Revolutions
An interview with Ilan Gur, CEO of ARIA, about the organization’s efforts to build scientific waves.
Jun 12
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Eric Gilliam
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Life as Slime
Prominent scientists continue to claim life is “just” slime on a spinning rock. However, in an age when the rarity and fragility of life are…
Jun 9
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A Visual Guide to Genome Editors
A selected encyclopedia of major gene-editing systems, together with illustrated diagrams.
Jun 5
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Evan DeTurk
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The Eternal Life and Art of Maxwell Ardeen
Bioart emerges where biological science, technology, and aesthetics collide. For one terminally ill artist, it offered a chance at immortality.
Jun 2
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Spencer Nitkey - Writer
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May 2025
Toxic Proteins for Drug Discovery
Toxic amino acids, peptides, and proteins — which first evolved as molecular weapons deployed by species in conflict — can also serve as blueprints for…
May 29
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Reservoirs of Resistance
By studying the millennia-old arms race between soil-dwelling microbes, scientists can pre-empt antibiotic resistance before it emerges in people.
May 22
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Keeping Ahead of Contagion
We have the technology to detect airborne pathogens in real time. Now we must use it.
May 19
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Deena Mousa
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Model Organisms Are Not Static
A research study reveals that some vertebrate genomes mutate 40-times faster than others.
May 15
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