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First introduced into laboratories in 1881, agar remains indispensable as a culture medium. By Corrado Nai.Read all our work, entirely for free, at press.asimov.com.
[Fiction] A eulogy to the reference human. By Eliomer H. Kaas.Read all our work, for free, at press.asimov.com.
Once a primal instinct, olfaction is now being mapped, measured, and modeled by machines. By Taylor Rayne.Read all our work, entirely for free, at press.asimov.com.
The forgotten story of an invention found in every biology lab. By Ella Watkins-Dulaney.Read all our work, entirely for free, at press.asimov.com.
From early experiments on fertility and embryonic development to becoming the first cloned eukaryote from an adult cell, Xenopus frogs have had an outsized influence on the life sciences. By Matt Lubin.Read all articles, for free, by visiting press.asimov.com.
Finding evidence of “sentience” is fraught, whether in a comatose patient, an animal, or a neural net. By Ralph Stefan Weir.Read all our articles for free at press.asimov.com.
A roadmap for brain emulation models at the human scale. By Max Schons.Read all our work, entirely for free, at press.asimov.com.
A biological puzzle that made one researcher and ruined another might never be solved. By Brady Huggett.Read all of our articles, entirely for free, at press.asimov.com.
Cultivarium, a focused research organization, has built a custom electroporator to engineer non-model organisms at scale. By Niko McCarty.Read all our work for free at press.asimov.com.
What the evolution of scientific methods says about their future. By Andrew Hunt.Read all our work for free at press.asimov.com.
Despite attempts at variation, many new research organizations are canalized into just a handful of forms. By Sam Arbesman.Read all our work, entirely for free, by visiting press.asimov.com.
Since launching in 1869, Nature has evolved from a periodical offering commentary on pigeons to the prestige journal in science. But how did Nature build its reputation, and can it last? By Robert Reason.Read all of our work, entirely for free, at press.asimov.com.
Clinical trials are engines for scientific discovery. Better drugs require not just more trials, but also improved data collection, to create therapeutic feedback loops. By Ruxandra Teslo.Read all our work, for free, at press.asimov.com.
On the 90-year saga of oral phenylephrine. By Michael DePeau-Wilson.Read all articles from Asimov Press, for free, by visiting press.asimov.com.
On the origins of Arabidopsis thaliana, the premier model for plant biology. By Xander Balwit.Read all of our articles for free at press.asimov.com.
Competing theories seek to explain inconsistencies surrounding Alexander Fleming’s famed discovery. By Kevin Blake.Read all of our work for free at press.asimov.com.
A retinal implant designer must decide if translating mourning into light is progress or a refusal to let go. By Spencer Nitkey.Read all of our articles, entirely for free, at press.asimov.com.
Advances in cryo-electron microscopy are revealing the molecular intricacies of cell movement. By Niko McCarty.Read all of our articles, entirely for free, at press.asimov.com.
A beautiful experiment is not just a reflection of human ingenuity but also efficient science. Written by Ulkar Aghayeva.Read all of our articles, entirely for free, at press.asimov.com.
To make things better, first prove how good they can possibly be. By David Jordan.Read every article, for free, at press.asimov.com.























