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Asimov Press
Asimov Press
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4 days ago
Audio recordings of Asimov Press essays and science fiction, focused on the science and technologies that promote a flourishing future.
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Audio recordings of Asimov Press essays and science fiction, focused on the science and technologies that promote a flourishing future.
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Asimov Press
How to See the Dead

A retinal implant designer must decide if translating mourning into light is progress or a refusal to let go. By Spencer Nitkey.

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4 days ago
31 minutes 40 seconds

Asimov Press
Animalcules and Their Motors

Advances in cryo-electron microscopy are revealing the molecular intricacies of cell movement. By Niko McCarty.

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1 week ago
14 minutes 56 seconds

Asimov Press
What Makes an Experiment Beautiful?

A beautiful experiment is not just a reflection of human ingenuity but also efficient science. Written by Ulkar Aghayeva.

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1 week ago
32 minutes

Asimov Press
The Power of Limit Thinking

To make things better, first prove how good they can possibly be. By David Jordan.

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2 weeks ago
15 minutes 10 seconds

Asimov Press
An Antivenom Cocktail, Made by a Llama

A new broad-coverage antivenom, made by mixing eight different nanobodies, protects mice against snakebites from 17 of 18 deadly species in Africa. By Xander Balwit.

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3 weeks ago
19 minutes 16 seconds

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Making the Electron Microscope

In a little over a century, the electron microscope evolved from a tool barely capable of resolving virus particles into one able to capture atomic detail. By Smrithi Sunil.

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3 weeks ago
45 minutes 9 seconds

Asimov Press
How Nigeria Accepted GMOs

Genetically modified crops are finding a foothold in the Global South, producing some unlikely leaders in agritech. By Dr. Alex Wakeman.

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4 weeks ago
25 minutes 29 seconds

Asimov Press
Atomic-Scale Protein Filters

How aquaporin and potassium channels filter hundreds of millions of water molecules or ions each second, by positioning the correct amino acid in the perfect place. By Niko McCarty.

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1 month ago
12 minutes 27 seconds

Asimov Press
A Liver on Ice

How a liver goes from a brain-dead donor to a living recipient. By Donna Vatnick. Read every article from Asimov Press, for free, at press.asimov.com.

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1 month ago
58 minutes 22 seconds

Asimov Press
A Shift from Animal Testing

There has been a push toward animal-free alternatives in scientific research. But the success of such alternatives hinges upon whether and where they can outperform standard animal models. By Celia Ford.

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1 month ago
37 minutes 28 seconds

Asimov Press
Seeing Microbes from the Sky

Biotechnology needs more and better transducers. A column by Niko McCarty.

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1 month ago
13 minutes 34 seconds

Asimov Press
The World’s Most Common Surgery

In 4,000 years, cataract surgery went from a crude procedure involving thorn instruments to a 20-minute operation with a 95 percent clinical success rate. The next step is broadening access. By Dr. Sangeetha Aravinda

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1 month ago
30 minutes 54 seconds

Asimov Press
AI-Designed Phages

A new paper from Arc Institute shows that a generative AI model can be used to design viable bacteriophages. By Niko McCarty.

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2 months ago
18 minutes 31 seconds

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What We Find in the Sewers

Our ancestors once spread their excess effluent on their fields; now we mine it for vital molecules. By Calum Drysdale.

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2 months ago
1 hour 55 seconds

Asimov Press
Pausing Insect Activity

Seasonal dormancy features in the life cycle of many insects. We can harness it for biological control, insect farming, and disease vector management at scale. By Ulkar Aghayeva.

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3 months ago
41 minutes 54 seconds

Asimov Press
The Weight of a Cell

A single yeast cell weighs about one million times less than a grain of sand. But how do we know this? By Niko McCarty.

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3 months ago
9 minutes 55 seconds

Asimov Press
Leeches and the Legitimizing of Folk-Medicine

While we’ve derived useful molecules from the leech, live leech therapy has been largely marginalized in the West. It is time we reevaluate why. By Khushi Mittal & Xander Balwit.

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3 months ago
24 minutes 24 seconds

Asimov Press
The Flower Designer

A plant biologist’s quest to design and create 1,000 unique flowers, mostly in his spare time. By Niko McCarty.

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3 months ago
12 minutes 47 seconds

Asimov Press
The Sunlight Budget of Earth

Sunlight represents a seemingly endless source of largely untapped energy. Just how endless is it? Written by Sam Clamons.

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3 months ago
14 minutes 52 seconds

Asimov Press
How to Scale Proteomics

A look inside Parallel Squared Technology Institute, a focused research organization trying to make analyzing a proteome as easy as DNA sequencing. By Niko McCarty.

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3 months ago
18 minutes 22 seconds

Asimov Press
Audio recordings of Asimov Press essays and science fiction, focused on the science and technologies that promote a flourishing future.