Substacks recommended by Asimov Press

Recommended by Asimov Press

Engineering X, where X equals serendipity, understanding, or existence. Essays on these themes by members, alumni, and friends of the MIT Synthetic Neurobiology group.

Essential Technology

By Joseph Fridman

How to build the infrastructure for accelerating breakthrough scientific research

The Optimist's Barn

By Robert Yaman

A techno-optimist's lens on farm animal welfare.

Excellent writing on animal welfare.

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Niko McCarty

Co-founder, Atoms Only

Human Readable

By Cate Hall

Newsletter for the Astera Institute, a nonprofit rebuilding the machinery of science for our abundant future

Derek Thompson

A newsletter about abundance and building a better world.

Pioneer Labs Reports

Science updates from the Mars microbe lab.

Oscillator

By Christina Agapakis

Biology and technology

Niko McCarty

Weekly writing on science and AI.

Owl Posting

By Abhishaike Mahajan

essays about biology and ml, written for and by owls

Asterisk Magazine

Substack mirror of www.asteriskmag.com New pieces on Mondays

Big ideas. Beautifully written.

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ARIA

ARIA is a UK R&D funding agency built to unlock scientific and technological breakthroughs that benefit everyone. By subscribing, you consent to ARIA contacting you. Read more: https://www.aria.org.uk/privacy-policy/

Statecraft

By Santi Ruiz

How policymakers get things done

Useful Fictions

By Cate Hall

all models are wrong, but some are useful

Bio Stuff

By Eryney Marrogi

Mostly about biology, medicine and machine learning, sometimes about other stuff.

Res Obscura

By Benjamin Breen

Notes on the history of technology, medicine, science, art, drugs, and empire. Also: AI in research and teaching.

Sam Enright's Newsletter

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must write blog posts

Liveware

By Alex Telford

I write about the science and business of living things: the biotech industry, drug discovery, biology, medicine, consciousness, intelligence (artificial and natural), and natural philosophy. Mostly I write about the biotech industry.

Ruxandra's Substack

By Ruxandra Teslo

Pro-progress, anti-safetyist commentary on Scientific & Cultural matters from a Genomics PhD. Attempting to shape culture towards optimism, an abundance mindset & freedom.

Sustainability by numbers

By Hannah Ritchie

Using data and research to understand what really makes a difference

Decoding Bio

Your missing guide to breakthrough biotech

The Roots of Progress

By Jason Crawford

The history of technology and the philosophy of progress—a digest of posts from rootsofprogress.org

Simply the best roundups and critical analysis for the field of progress studies.

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The Good Science Project

By Stuart Buck

Improving the funding and practice of science

Scientific Discovery

By Saloni

Tracing the steps towards scientific progress and how to improve our understanding of the world.

Sublime writing about health and progress.

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THE EGG AND THE ROCK

By Julian Gough

Novelist Julian Gough (author of Minecraft's End Poem) redescribes the universe.

Rough Diamonds

By Sarah Constantin

Underrated opportunities in science, technology, and society

Exquisitely rigorous, data-driven essays about biology, AI, and more.

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De Novo

By Metacelsus

All things synthetic.

The Century of Biology

By Elliot Hershberg

Data, companies, and ideas from the frontier of biology.

Excellent write-ups on biotechnology and its applications. A must-read.

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More is Different

By Dan Elton

Analysis and commentary on progress in science, technology, and society -- or our total lack thereof. Problems are solvable - so let's solve some and build an exciting sci-fi future.

Paired Ends

By Stephen Turner

Bioinformatics, computational biology, and data science updates from the field. Occasional posts on programming.

The Works in Progress Newsletter

By Works in Progress

New and underrated ideas to improve the world. Visit our website: worksinprogress.co

Dwarkesh Podcast

By Dwarkesh Patel

Deeply researched interviews

Spectech Newsletter

By Ben Reinhardt

Updates on Speculative Technologies, new research institutions, and more broadly improving how we turn science fiction into reality.

Cabinet of Wonders

By Samuel Arbesman

Be prepared for radical interdisciplinarity: science + technology + complexity + humanities + wonder.