FYI: this is not Asimov's Science Fiction, the pulp sci fi magazine, found along with Analog Science Fiction and Fact at convenience stores near me, but something else.
I discovered them last year on Substack and they quickly became a priority read. A sort of Quanta for biology, taking time to explain enough for a popular audience but keeping technical rigor deep into some fascinating topics.
I see this pattern a lot -- folks start a publication, publish for a handful of years, and then shutter. I did it myself with Compelling Science Fiction magazine. This is why I settled on releasing only one book per year, it's sustainable while working full-time on other projects.
Ah, I found this particularly offensive when I heard about the naming of the parent company. Randomly nicking a famous person's name for your company is pretty rubbish behaviour IMO. The odiousness decreases as a function of time since a person's death.
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>We are an editorially-independent part of [Asimov](https://www.asimov.com/).
It seems to be a vanity publication for some kind of genetic engineering company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimov%27s_Science_Fiction
It had a unique blend of popular science writing that was sorely missing from the internet. Alas I hardly knew thee.
Some highlights:
https://open.substack.com/pub/cell/p/dna-sequencing?utm_sour...
https://open.substack.com/pub/cell/p/phi80?utm_source=share&...
https://open.substack.com/pub/cell/p/antibody-design?utm_sou...
https://open.substack.com/pub/cell/p/viral-capsids?utm_sourc...
https://open.substack.com/pub/cell/p/legibility-problem?utm_...
...All in the last month! At least they went out with a bang.
It’s not a business capable of operating without grants or support from its tech parent.
With eight people on the masthead, the outlays are significant for a publishing venture.
The problem is, they are not charging when they should.