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Research

Field notes and research writings from the AstroBiota Observatory: biological programming, symbiosis, and state memory in living systems.

Self-Published Papers โ€” 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.

  • ๐Ÿงฟ The Witness Effect โ€” A Limit on Self-Recording Systems
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  • ๐Ÿš Life as Trace โ€” Biology as Record; Metabolism Writing History into Matter
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  • โš–๏ธ Consequence Theory โ€” Action โ†’ Cost โ†’ Imprint; Consequence Locked in Substrate
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  • ๐Ÿ”ฑ Demon AI Trilogy โ€” Action, Witness, and Record Separated for Opaque Machines
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  • โฌก Machine Governance Hexalogy โ€” Machine Governance without Interpretation
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Conservation as an operating model

AstroBiota: Conservation as an Operating Model

January 5, 2026 ยท Operating model

A conservation-first economic model built around preserving biological process rather than extracting biological objects โ€” 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 ยท 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 ยท Proto-lichen morphology

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

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