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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.

Words by Ulkar Aghayeva

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Antibiotics Are an Economic Failure

Social practice and market shortcomings are the bottleneck for solving antibiotic resistance; not molecular discovery.

Words by Matt Burnett

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A Brief History of Bioinformatics Software

How computer scientists on the fringes of biology made sense of sequencing data.

Words by Ella Watkins-Dulaney

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A Brief History of Lab Notebooks

How experimental recordings have changed, from the Renaissance through today.

Words by Ulkar Aghayeva