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Field notes, papers, and research writing

Research writing from the AstroBiota Observatory: biological programming, symbiosis, witness, trace, consequence, and state memory in living systems.

Self-Published Papers — AstroBiota Observatory

A growing archive of independent research papers, governance frameworks, and biological reference artifacts exploring witness, trace, and consequence in living and machine systems.

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Propagation for Lunar Ecosystems

Propagation for Lunar Ecosystems

March 22, 2026 · Essay · Metascience

Declaration of propogation of cultures for conversion of lunar regolith into biologically active substrate.

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Artifact-First Science

Artifact-First Science

March 22, 2026 · Essay · Metascience

A proposal for artifact-first scientific documentation: trace first, interpretation second.

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The Future of Carbon Computation

The Future of Carbon Computation

February 19, 2026 · Machine class

Carbon computation under light gating: irreversible trace and embodied metabolic cost, coupled to silicon decision systems as a new silicon–carbon symbiotic machine class.

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Conservation as an operating model

AstroBiota: Conservation as an Operating Model

January 5, 2026 · Operating model

A conservation-first economic model built around preserving biological process rather than extracting biological objects — enabling continuous, non-destructive fermentation and real abundance.

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Filamentous fungi fermentation

Biological Programming: A Call to Reduce Variance in Filamentous Fungi Fermentation

December 17, 2025 · Call for collaboration

A pilot invitation for mycelium and filamentous fungi teams: can history-dependent state conditioning reduce variance without changing DNA?

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Proto-lichen morphology

A-Temporal Biology: A Hidden Stage of Life Revealed

September 24, 2025 · Proto-lichen morphology

Proto-Lichen — a reproducible symbiotic morphology where tomentose fungal mycelium carries algal partners as a dry biofilm.

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