Archive - Oscillator

The structure of metascientific revolutions

“How do scientists proceed when aware only that something has gone fundamentally wrong at a level with which their training has not equipped them to…

Jul 12 •

Christina Agapakis

May 2025

Hundreds of daily decisions

Part 2 in a collaborative series on taste and science

May 21 •

Christina Agapakis

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Anna Marie Wagner

Taste all the way down

Part 1 in a collaborative series about taste and science

May 7 •

Christina Agapakis

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Anna Marie Wagner

March 2025

On the "lack of progress" in biology

How is the "century of biology" going so far?

Mar 22 •

Christina Agapakis

AI as feminist technology

A conversation with Claude

Mar 9 •

Christina Agapakis

Symbiotic machines

Do we have to understand to create?

Mar 7 •

Christina Agapakis

February 2025

The thought terminating cliches of “public engagement” in science

Opening up at Asilomar

Feb 27 •

Christina Agapakis

January 2025

Branding discipline

What's in a name?

Jan 6 •

Christina Agapakis

November 2024

“It’s humbling every time we train on years of effort”

Conjuring new science from the collective wisdom of the past

Nov 11, 2024 •

Christina Agapakis

September 2024

Fear, facts, and frustration

The first step in good science communication is facing our fears

Sep 24, 2024 •

Christina Agapakis

Science Friction

Making and communicating biological data is a journey

Sep 1, 2024 •

Christina Agapakis

July 2024

Living metaphors

In 2020 I had a fascinating conversation with Michael Levin, a professor whose work seeks to “detect, understand, predict, and communicate with truly…

Jul 24, 2024 •

Christina Agapakis

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