Molecules & Empires

What do the Origin of Life, a Hundred Billion Dollars, and a Viral Outbreak on a Cruise Ship Have in Common?

The murky yet promising future of the most programmable molecule in medicine.

May 13 • Andrii Buvailo, PhD

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April 2026

Who Wins When Agents Come?

Autonomous AI systems are rewriting the economic patterns that organized modern society. They do it faster and messier than anyone could predict.

Apr 22 • Andrii Buvailo, PhD

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March 2026

Can a Biohacker With AI Tools Do Pharma's Job?

The hype around a tech entrepreneur, his dying dog, and a cancer vaccine he designed using AI tools gets almost everything wrong. The thing it gets…

Mar 17 • Andrii Buvailo, PhD

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February 2026

Gatekeepers of the New Baseline

GLP-1 drugs, longevity, and the real cost of controlling human metabolism

Feb 6 • Andrii Buvailo, PhD

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January 2026

What Stood Out to Me in 2026 Breakthrough Technologies List by MIT Technology Review?

From embryo scoring and gene editing to studying AI systems, we don’t fully understand…

Jan 19 • Andrii Buvailo, PhD

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December 2025

A Thought About Aging I Can’t Unsee

We are not one organism.

Dec 29, 2025 • Andrii Buvailo, PhD

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