This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 397.

Song title: Hazy Tree, True Time
Original Base by Base episode: 397: SciPhy: Bayesian phylogenetics for sequential genetic lineage tracing

Article metadata:
Article title: SciPhy: A Bayesian phylogenetic framework using sequential genetic lineage tracing data
Journal: Nature Communications
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-73377-6
Reference: Seidel, S., Zwaans, A., Regalado, S. et al. SciPhy: A Bayesian phylogenetic framework using sequential genetic lineage tracing data. Nat Commun (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73377-6

Lyrics:
Verse 1
Midnight lab glow, lines blur on the page,
Tiny scars in the code, each cut a quiet stage.
We drop one mark, then another, then we wait,
Hearing time in the edits like a pulse in the gate.

Pre-Chorus
Not a straight road, not a perfect trace,
Dropouts and missing frames, a smudged-up face.
But there’s a rhythm under all that noise,
A slow reveal in the static, a measured choice.

Chorus
Let it blur, let it bloom, let the branches breathe,
We’re chasing real-time roots in a tape beneath.
Hold the doubt, hold the light, let the numbers sing—
From the haze we pull a tree, and it tells us everything.

Verse 2
Every strip has its own clock, ticking out of tune,
Some insertions lean like shadows toward the moon.
We map the odds, we weigh the maybes, we stay kind,
’Cause certainty comes soft when you let it unwind.

Bridge
And if the growth slows down after the switch is thrown,
You can see it in the curve like a tremor in bone.
Not just who came from who, but when the crowd changed speed,
A living graph of becoming, a time-stamped seed.

Final Chorus
Let it blur, let it bloom, let the branches breathe,
We’re chasing real-time roots in a tape beneath.
Hold the doubt, hold the light, let the numbers sing—
From the haze we pull a tree, and it tells us everything.