X-ray crystallography of penicillin
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Political activist and Nobel winner Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin pioneered X-ray crystallography to discover the molecular structures of penicillin and insulin.

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Black Death Likely Originated in Central Asia

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Ancient Mesopotamians Bred Horselike Hybrids

In one of the only known photos of Abraham Lincoln taken on the day of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln can be seen seated, hatless, just below and to the right of the flag. Lincoln began developing symptoms of smallpox on the train home to Washington, DC.

Presidential Pox, 1863

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Opinion: What the History of Blood Transfusion Reveals About Risk

Opening of Leang Panninge cave in Indonesia

7,200-Year-Old Skeleton Offers Clues to Early Human Migration

Birth of Midwifery, Circa 100 CE

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Identifying a Killer, 1895

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Signs of Ancient Microbial Life Abundant in Earth’s Crust: Study

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Leader of the Pack, 1903–1994

Stamping Out Science, 1948

Bile and Potatoes, 1921

Book Club Discussion of Lulu Miller's Why Fish Don't Exist

Identity Crisis, 1906

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Scientists Reconstruct Warrior Pharaoh’s Murder Using CT Scans

Conch Horn Finds Its Song Again After 17,000 Years

Respected Medical Geneticist Sir Peter Harper Dies at 81

Viral Discoveries, 1929

Introducing Inoculation, 1721

Action at a Distance, Circa Early 1950s

Octopod Sailors, 300 BC–present

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Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

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Penguins Are Among the World’s Slowest-Evolving Birds: Study

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Why Do Some Runners Get Sick After a Marathon?

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Rare Disease Research Gets a Boost from Automated NGS Solutions

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Best Practices for Freezing Cell Cultures

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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Streamlining Microbial Quality Control Testing

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