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Extrapolated Futures Archive

The Extrapolated Futures Archive is a resource linking real-world scenarios to speculative fiction stories that have explored similar ideas, offering decision-makers in various sectors a way to find fictional thought experiments relevant to contemporary challenges. The archive catalogs nearly 2,000 stories across 20 domains such as governance, AI, biotechnology, and climate, categorizing them by scenario types and outcomes, and provides tools for searching, filtering, and reasoning to enrich understanding of novel situations.

https://urubos.github.io/efa-site/

A Brief History of Lab Notebooks

Lab notebooks, a crucial yet often overlooked aspect of scientific research, offer a glimpse into the messy and iterative process of discovery. Originating from Renaissance commonplace books, these notebooks evolved alongside the Scientific Revolution, becoming essential tools for recording and sharing empirical data. While published research papers present a polished narrative, lab notebooks reveal the true nature of scientific inquiry, with its dead ends, false trails, and the relentless pursuit of knowledge.

https://www.asimov.press/p/lab-notebooks

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