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.Charlie Wood reports from inside an extraterrestrial's mind. How would we find an alien when we don't really know what we're looking for? Well, we must think like an alien. massivesci.com/articles/extra…

Closer to Russia than the United States, St. Lawrence Island has been Delbert Pungowiyi's home all his life. next.massivesci.com/articles/arcti…

A critical and thoughtful review with robust historical, theoretical and methodological engagement. Plus great quotes and context from Lewontin and colleagues. By @thebirdmaniac massivesci.com/articles/genet… via Massive Science

New on The Broadcast: "How conservation science is relying on banks of genetic information to pause the sixth mass extinction" Kaitlin Sullivan Massive Science pioneerworks.org/broadcast/a-ge… via Pioneer Works

"...the knowledge that biology is itself a spectrum, not just in one phenotype but in all of them, is liberation from a boxed-in world." Thank you for writing this piece, Dan Samorodnitsky.

This article "Biology is a Spectrum" quotes both GenderSci Lab and Anne Fausto-Sterling #goodcompany ow.ly/yrgL50H0fqS

The most recent attempt to salvage behavioral genetics from its racist entanglements takes a hard fall with this book review by Kevin Bird. Before you get taken (in) with The Genetic Lottery, read this review/ ow.ly/7BE050H0fPR

“Until we can comprehend the majority of eukaryotic life, we are playing in the shallows of an ocean of biological potential.” Do yourself a favor and read @davian_ho on protists and what they could mean for a future synthetic biology. Journey to the Microcosmos growbyginkgo.com/2021/12/13/the…

Happy 315th birthday to Émilie du Châtelet! One of our science heroes, she blew past the gender norms of French aristocracy to be a pioneering physicist, scicommer, and advocate for women's education. massivesci.com/articles/gabri…

"In STEM, a few minorities are introduced into a monoculture and expected to thrive. We need to rethink the whole environment from the ground up." Drawing on her #lessonsfromplants, Beronda L. Montgomery--@BerondaM at BSky proposes a powerful new way of thinking about equity in STEM. growbyginkgo.com/2022/01/04/tow…

The team behind Xenobots recently announced that their "living robots" can self-replicate. These reprogrammed frog cells can assemble identical copies of themselves. Max G. Levy sat down with Xenobot creators Michael Levin & Josh Bongard for a deep dive. growbyginkgo.com/2022/03/21/whe…

What it does it mean for living machines can assemble copies of themselves? Grow by Ginkgo Massive Science growbyginkgo.com/2022/03/21/whe…

Today, Dan Samorodnitsky reviews an “increasingly plausible” theory of how all life began. Unlike the dominant RNA World theory, he finds Rodin Ohno hypothesis “compellingly physical…the most comforting origin story.” Read why below. 🎨: @joana_gcc growbyginkgo.com/2022/06/13/str…

A new class of at-home blood tests promise to reveal your true biological age. But how reliable are those estimates and what can a person do with that information? Max G. Levy delves deep & tells the story of one user trying to turn back the hands of time. growbyginkgo.com/2022/08/29/a-r…

So a blood test tells you that you're aging too fast...Now what? my latest for grow: growbyginkgo.com/2022/08/29/a-r…

Disclaimer: The Futures Issue does not predict The Future. Instead, it is our attempt to demystify how the idea of The Future is constructed—a toolkit for building our own alternative paths forward. Ready to order now: growbyginkgo.com/products/futur…

To start the week off right, here’s a particularly delicious sample from our new issue: in an epic food review, Nadia @thebirdisgone Berenstein surveys the struggles of lab-grown seafood makers to replicate the subtle flavors of the ocean. 📸: @millasorel growbyginkgo.com/2022/10/13/fis…