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Don’t Fear DIYbio
Jef Akst
| Nov 19, 2013
| 2 min read
Biological tinkerers are not the risk that some have made them out to be, according to a new report.
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The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, As Written By Our Genetic Code
Sam Kean
| Jun 30, 2012
| 3 min read
In Chapter , "Genes, Freaks, DNA," author Sam Kean draws parallels between the lives of Gregor Mendel and Johannes Friedrich Miescher, who both made scientific discoveries that were truly ahead of their times.
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