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Asimov Press

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

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00:19:16

An Antivenom Cocktail, Made by a Llama

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2025/10/30

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.Read all of our stories for free at press.asimov.com.

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00:45:09

Making the Electron Microscope

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2025/10/26

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.Read every article from Asimov Press by visiting press.asimov.com.

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00:25:29

How Nigeria Accepted GMOs

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2025/10/23

Genetically modified crops are finding a foothold in the Global South, producing some unlikely leaders in agritech. By Dr. Alex Wakeman.Read every article, for free, at press.asimov.com.

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00:12:27

Atomic-Scale Protein Filters

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2025/10/15

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.Read every essay from Asimov Press by visiting press.asimov.com

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00:58:22

A Liver on Ice

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2025/10/12

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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00:37:28

A Shift from Animal Testing

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2025/10/06

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.Read all Asimov Press articles for free by visiting press.asimov.com.

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00:13:34

Seeing Microbes from the Sky

Asimov Press ·

2025/10/01

Biotechnology needs more and better transducers. A column by Niko McCarty.Read all our articles by visiting press.asimov.com.

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00:30:54

The World’s Most Common Surgery

Asimov Press ·

2025/09/29

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 AravindaVisit press.asimov.com to read all of our articles and subscribe.

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00:18:31

AI-Designed Phages

Asimov Press ·

2025/09/17

A new paper from Arc Institute shows that a generative AI model can be used to design viable bacteriophages. By Niko McCarty.Read all of our work for free at press.asimov.com.

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01:00:55

What We Find in the Sewers

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2025/08/25

Our ancestors once spread their excess effluent on their fields; now we mine it for vital molecules. By Calum Drysdale.Visit press.asimov.com to read all articles.

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00:41:54

Pausing Insect Activity

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2025/08/21

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.Read every article from Asimov Press by visiting press.asimov.com.

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00:09:55

The Weight of a Cell

Asimov Press ·

2025/08/18

A single yeast cell weighs about one million times less than a grain of sand. But how do we know this? By Niko McCarty.Visit press.asimov.com to read all of our articles for free.

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00:24:24

Leeches and the Legitimizing of Folk-Medicine

Asimov Press ·

2025/08/14

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.Read every article by visiting press.asimov.com.

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00:12:47

The Flower Designer

Asimov Press ·

2025/08/11

A plant biologist’s quest to design and create 1,000 unique flowers, mostly in his spare time. By Niko McCarty.Read every article from Asimov Press by visiting press.asimov.com.

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00:14:52

The Sunlight Budget of Earth

Asimov Press ·

2025/08/07

Sunlight represents a seemingly endless source of largely untapped energy. Just how endless is it? Written by Sam Clamons.Visit press.asimov.com to read all of our articles.

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00:18:22

How to Scale Proteomics

Asimov Press ·

2025/08/04

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.Read all of our articles by visiting press.asimov.com.

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00:10:35

Spinning Bacteria

Asimov Press ·

2025/07/31

By spinning bacteria in circles, scientists figured out how phage viruses time their escape from an infected cell. By Kamal Nahas.Visit press.asimov.com to read more articles about biology.

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00:11:24

Spinning Bacteria

Asimov Press ·

2025/07/24

By spinning bacteria in circles, scientists figured out how phage viruses time their escape from an infected cell. By Kamal Nahas.Read every article, for free, by visiting press.asimov.com.

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00:10:15

Cable Bacteria are Living Batteries

Asimov Press ·

2025/07/23

How a discovery in a Danish lake changed our understanding of biological communities and energy. By Niko McCarty.Visit press.asimov.com to read more.

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00:40:09

What Makes a Mature Science

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2025/07/21

Mechanism alone cannot make a science credible. It must describe its subject matter in terms of entities, properties, and rules. By SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD.Read every article from Asimov Press, for free, at press.asimov.com.

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