Extreme Biology - by Elliot Hershberg

Expanding our exploration of the tree of life

Welcome to The Century of Biology! This newsletter explores data, companies, and ideas from the frontier of biology. You can subscribe for free to have the next post delivered to your inbox: Enjoy! 🧬 New scientific tools behave much like flashlights—they shed light on new parts of Nature that previously couldn’t be seen. Scientific progress is seemingly shaped by this. The development of new instruments is often followed by periods of heightened exploration. The pioneering molecular biologist Sydney Brenner described this phenomenon by saying “progress in science depends on new…

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