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Xander Balwit

@AlexandraBalwit

Founding editor at @AsimovPress. Currently reading: The long and the short of it.

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If, like me, you look out for news about progress towards inter-planetary civilization, then you'll enjoy our latest piece from Devon Stork

Just how likely is terraforming the red planet? What is 'water activity' anyway? And what kind of organisms can withstand polyextreme…

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Back-to-work-on-Monday Xander just dropped. Kool & The Gang was hitting too hard to get off at the right T stop, but all is in order now and you’ll find me well in my emails.

Back-to-work-on-Monday Xander just dropped. Kool & The Gang was hitting too hard to get off at the right T stop, but all is in order now and you’ll find me well in my emails.
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There are still some spots to prompt write with me tonight in Boston.

Come explain the bizarre––like, what made the pigeons fall?

Message me for details.

There are still some spots to prompt write with me tonight in Boston. Come explain the bizarre––like, what made the pigeons fall? Message me for details.
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Our second piece of sci-fi is live on Asimov Press today!

Richard Ngo considers what happens when chip manufacturing is no longer constrained by the complexity of photolithography.

'A new era of computing is about to begin...'

Read here: press.asimov.com/resources/tink…

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Come write on some sci-fi-inspired prompts with me next Tuesday 4/16 in Boston!

Spots are limited, but ideas and ale will overfloweth.

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I enjoyed working on this piece immensely.

While it doesn’t surprise me that some of the most fascinating discoveries emerge from synergisms, it does surprise me that something as important as artemisinin could be discovered in a period not known for its scientific progress.

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Join Asimov Press at Manifest 2024 in Berkeley, CA!

Lots of people will be there to talk about forecasting (and, I hope, biotechnology), including me and Xander Balwit.

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Enormously excited to see Asimov Press in print!

Inspired by classic books, our inaugural issue is something of a timeless beauty; an Audrey Hepburn of engineered biology.

This couldn't have been possible without our outstanding authors. Thank you.

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