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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
A step-by-step guide to making de novo binders.
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Why Are Viral Capsids Icosahedral?
Viral capsid structure is a geometric packing problem under genetic constraints.
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Dead Reckoning
Bioarchaeologists recently identified a murdered medieval royal. Now, they are trying to shed light on other ancient deaths.
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Working in Glass
How a twisted triangle of glass tubing helped democratize chemistry and build the modern laboratory.
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The Legibility Problem
What happens in a world where AIs make scientific discoveries that humans cannot understand?
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February 2026
AI Won't Automatically Accelerate Clinical Trials
A response to Dario Amodei.
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A Visual Guide to DNA Sequencing
How to “read” nucleic acids, from Sanger to nanopores.
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The Origins of Agar
First introduced into laboratories in 1881, agar remains indispensable as a culture medium.
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Baseline Drift
A eulogy to the reference human.
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