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A Recipe for Cells

By breaking E. coli apart, all the way down to molecules, researchers hope to recreate the recipe from which it is built. Their efforts may prove futile.

Words by Niko McCarty

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Pre-Order Making the Modern Laboratory

A lavishly illustrated hardcover book about the working laboratory, and how (nearly) everything in it came to be. Featuring 54 essays, many of which have never appeared online.

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Species Have Blurry Boundaries

A bacterium can acquire new genes without acquiring a new name, or acquire a new name without changing whatsoever.

Words by Kevin Blake

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Great Leaps in Biological Theory

Two of biology’s greatest theories completely predate direct experimental evidence. Tracing their origins could help us understand how to make the next ones.

Words by Ulkar Aghayeva

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On the Role of Theory in Biology

Biology is often seen as a primarily experimental science, with theory serving merely to generalize patterns from empirical data. But history reveals that theory plays a more generative role in the process of biological discovery itself.