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A Writing Fellowship on Scientific Progress
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Works in Progress and Asimov Press are launching a paid six-month fellowship.
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A Brief History of the Miracle Bacterium
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Corrado Nai
Serratia marcescens, a pathogen with an uncanny resemblance to blood, has had an outsized influence on modern science.
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Healing My Family’s Future
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Jennifer Lai Remmel
How genetics and IVF empowered a family to leave cancer behind.
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What Limits a Cell’s Size?
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Niko McCarty
Two physical constraints help explain why cells are so tiny: surface area-to-volume ratios and diffusion. The first article in our new Data Series.
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The Making of a Gene Circuit
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Nehal Udyavar & Niko McCarty
A brief history of the repressilator, a genetic circuit that gave rise to synthetic biology.
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A Search for Sick Animals
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Trevor Klee
A 2020 study suggests that monkeys can develop Parkinson’s, just like humans. Why haven't the findings been duplicated, and what will it take to find more “natural” animal models?
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