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Stories about scientific progress.
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Long Read
Issue 06

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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Issue 06

Healing My Family’s Future

Words by
Jennifer Lai Remmel
How genetics and IVF empowered a family to leave cancer behind.
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Data

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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Issue 05

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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The Column

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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Stories We'd Like to Publish (Part II)

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Editors
A sizeable list, covering everything from "The $100 Electron Microscope" to "A Brief History of NSAIDs." Come write with us!
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