Notes, thoughts, and news on synthetic biology.
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Goodbye

I’m leaving the Scientific American network, which is being “reshaped.” I’ll be returning to my original solo blog, which I left nearly five years ago, continuing to edit... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Thu May 21, 2015 03:46
Method Quarterly

Over the past couple months, I’ve been working with Azeen Ghorayshi on starting a new publication for stories about science in the making. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Thu May 21, 2015 03:46
Weird Biology Fact of the Day: Mirror-image Amino Acids

In her fascinating and wide-ranging talk on multi-dimensional spaces and human consciousness, Tauba Auerbach briefly mentioned the fact that after an organism dies its molecules will gradually change... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Thu May 21, 2015 03:46
Fist Bumps Are For Germophobes

Fist bumps are back in the news this week after the publication of a study finding that fist bumps transfer fewer bacteria than the more customary handshake. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Thu May 21, 2015 03:46
If you build it, they will come: designing microbial ecosystems in cheese

Microbes live in dense and diverse communities. There are billions of bacteria from thousands of species living together in your gut or in the soil. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Thu May 21, 2015 03:46
Four Great Scents from Outer Space

You don’t need your nose to know what something smells like. Perfumers and astronomers can detect and recreate scents based on the chemical signatures of the molecules in the air, even if that... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Thu May 21, 2015 03:46

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