Research

Primary sources, curated and contextualized

We track the papers, preprints, datasets, and protocols shaping biology and computing—and explain why they matter to practitioners and the public.

Papers

Preprints

Datasets

Protocols

Paper

Health & Performance

Computational Boundaries of Whole-Brain Emulation

MIT CSAIL · Allen Institute

A framework for estimating energy and data requirements for neuron-level brain simulation, with implications for BCI architecture.

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-01234

Human Performance Consortium

Community-maintained standard for longitudinal metabolic, sleep, and epigenetic clock measurements in N-of-1 studies.

Publishing a paper, releasing a dataset, or sharing an open protocol? Our science desk reviews submissions regularly.