Episodes 107
Avg. Duration 22m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 5.0 (8)
Since Jan 2025
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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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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A Brief History of Bioinformatics Software

Apr 07, 2026 15m

How computer scientists on the fringes of biology made sense of sequencing data. By Ella Watkins-Dulaney.

That's All, for Now

Mar 25, 2026 5m

Asimov Press is pausing.

Designing AI for Disruptive Science

Mar 23, 2026 26m

Why scaling AI won’t automatically lead to paradigm shifts. By Alvin Djajadikerta.Read all our work at press.asimov.com.

Culture Shift

Mar 20, 2026 22m

We tend to think of fermented foods as something humans invented and then chose to eat. But the evidence shows the opposite: fermented foods shaped human biology. By Rachel Dutton.Read all our work…

Why Lab Coats are White

Mar 18, 2026 19m

How a blood-stained surgeon's frock evolved into a pristine symbol of modern science. By Donna VatnickRead all our work at press.asimov.com.

The Quest for Oral GLP-1s

Mar 16, 2026 22m

In a recent survey, three-in-four respondents said they would prefer a once‑daily oral pill over a weekly injection of GLP-1s. So why aren't there more oral options? By David S. KimRead all our work,…

How Φ80 Infiltrates Research Labs

Mar 13, 2026 27m

While some bacteriophages play vital roles in laboratory research, others are bent on sabotage. By Antoine Vigouroux.Read all our work, for free, at press.asimov.com.

Why Are Viral Capsids Icosahedral?

Mar 09, 2026 27m

Viral capsid structure is a geometric packing problem under genetic constraints. By Ulkar AghayevaRead all our work for free at press.asimov.com.

Dead Reckoning

Mar 06, 2026 38m

Bioarchaeologists recently identified a murdered medieval royal. Now, they are trying to shed light on other ancient deaths. By David BrzostowickiRead all our work for free at press.asimov.com.

Working in Glass

Mar 04, 2026 20m

How a twisted triangle of glass tubing helped democratize chemistry and build the modern laboratory. By Spencer Wright.Read all our work for free at press.asimov.com.

The Legibility Problem

Mar 02, 2026 13m

What happens in a world where AIs make scientific discoveries that humans cannot understand? By Matthew CarterRead all our work at press.asimov.com.

The Origins of Agar

Feb 22, 2026 20m

First introduced into laboratories in 1881, agar remains indispensable as a culture medium. By Corrado Nai.Read all our work, entirely for free, at press.asimov.com.

Baseline Drift

Feb 19, 2026 10m

[Fiction] A eulogy to the reference human. By Eliomer H. Kaas.Read all our work, for free, at press.asimov.com.

Scent, In Silico

Feb 16, 2026 33m

Once a primal instinct, olfaction is now being mapped, measured, and modeled by machines. By Taylor Rayne.Read all our work, entirely for free, at press.asimov.com.

Making the Vortex Mixer

Feb 12, 2026 9m

The forgotten story of an invention found in every biology lab. By Ella Watkins-Dulaney.Read all our work, entirely for free, at press.asimov.com.

A Brief History of Xenopus

Feb 08, 2026 20m

From early experiments on fertility and embryonic development to becoming the first cloned eukaryote from an adult cell, Xenopus frogs have had an outsized influence on the life sciences. By Matt…

What It's Like To Be A Worm

Feb 01, 2026 39m

Finding evidence of “sentience” is fraught, whether in a comatose patient, an animal, or a neural net. By Ralph Stefan Weir.Read all our articles for free at press.asimov.com.

Building Brains on a Computer

Jan 26, 2026 33m

A roadmap for brain emulation models at the human scale. By Max Schons.Read all our work, entirely for free, at press.asimov.com.

Mystery of the Head Activator

Jan 18, 2026 36m

A biological puzzle that made one researcher and ruined another might never be solved. By Brady Huggett.Read all of our articles, entirely for free, at press.asimov.com.

Solving the Electroporation Bottleneck

Jan 15, 2026 16m

Cultivarium, a focused research organization, has built a custom electroporator to engineer non-model organisms at scale. By Niko McCarty.Read all our work for free at press.asimov.com.

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Asimov Press has published 107 episodes since January 2025, covering topics in Natural Sciences, Science.

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Asimov Press is currently dormant with new episodes every few days. Average episode length is 22m.

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