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- Making the First Transgenic Ants
Engineered ants are helping to reveal the neuroscience of pheromone signaling. Written by Taylor Hart.
Read every article, for free, by visiting press.asimov.com.
20 min - On Prions and Protein Design [Interview]
Prions are extremely resilient, infectious proteins. Studying their shape-shifting abilities could reveal lessons for how proteins fold at a molecular level, helping scientists design better ones.
22 min - On Prions and Protein Design
Prions are extremely resilient, infectious proteins. Studying their shape-shifting abilities could reveal lessons for how proteins fold at a molecular level, helping scientists design better ones. Written by Eryney Marrogi and Theodore Sternlieb.
Read every article from Asimov Press, for free, at press.asimov.com.
21 min - Inside the Laboratory for Extraordinary Microbes
Cultivarium, a small nonprofit, is building tools to grow and engineer peculiar organisms—and then giving their discoveries away for free.
18 min - Why Nothing Can Grow on Mars*
Water is the most significant bottleneck in terraforming the Red Planet. An article by Devon Stork.
22 min - What Limits a Genome’s Size?
A tiny fern has a genome 50 times larger than a human’s. Energy and diffusion—not the nucleus volume—are the key bottlenecks to more expansive growth.
10 min - The Origins of Adjuvants
More than a century after the invention of vaccines, a veterinarian stumbled across a technique to boost their efficacy in an unlikely way — by observing wounded horses. By Kamal Nahas.
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26 min - The Nobel Duel
A cautionary tale about the competitive pressures of scientific research, and how they alter the course of history. Written by Metacelsus and recorded by Xander Balwit.
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43 min - The Nobel Duel [Interview]
A behind-the-scenes discussion with Metacelsus, author of "The Nobel Duel," a cautionary tale about the competitive pressures of scientific research and how they alter the course of history.
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24 min - What Limits a Cell’s Size?
Two physical constraints help explain why cells are so tiny: surface area-to-volume ratios and diffusion. This is the first article in our new Data Series.
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