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Disability and the Myth of the Independent Scientist
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Milk Safety in the 20th Century: Eradicating Brucellosis in the United States
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Whose Knowledge Counts? Scientists with Cognitive Differences
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The Mouse That Changed Science
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Distilled #6: A 17th-Century (Interactive!) Astronomy Textbook
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Imagining a Way Forward
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An Electric Education: How to Teach Science on Television
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The Folly of the Martian Back-Up Plan
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Book Club: Simultaneous Discovery and Darwin’s Ghosts
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It’s Alive! The Scientific Roots of Monsters
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How Does DNA Testing Work, and What Secrets Does It Expose?
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WikiSpeaks: What It Means to Be a Wikipedian in Residence
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Othmer Library Open House: Escape the Archives
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Start Talking Science
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Zebrafish, a Model Organism
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Scientific Discovery through Art
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Fighting Smog in Los Angeles
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It’s Nothing New: Sexism in the Lab
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Cat Craze
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The Man, the Myth, the Laser
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Carleen Hutchins: Rogue Luthier
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Fellow in Focus: Technology and Society: Engineering Cultures, Chemistry, and Social Order in the Second Industrial Revolution (1890 to 1930)
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Putting the Communication Back in Science Communication: An Interview with the Field Museum’s Emily Graslie
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Mary Somerville and the Clash between Science and Religion
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The Elements of Fiction
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Science Fiction or Fictional Science?
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Selling Science in the 20th Century
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A Tear Gas Tale
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The Message of the March for Science
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A Recipe for Good Health
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Tips for Recording Your Family History
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