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A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food and water, personal space is essential to prevent societal collapse, but Universe 25's relevance to humans remains disputed.

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Person in a black, beaked robe (left) and man in a black tunic (right), flanking a red coat of arms

Masking Up, 1619 to Present

Surgery tools from World War 1

An excerpt from The Facemaker

A black and white photo of a woman holding up a spider in a pair of tweezers

The Spider Lady, Circa 1939

A black and white photo of a man standing at a lab bench, holding up a glass jar

Reimagining Ecology, 1939

A lithograph of a woman sitting up in bed while a nurse attends to her.

Death by Nostalgia, 1688

Formed of various flowers, this personification cartoon of a female botanist, painted by George Spratt, was pasted into Allen’s copy of The English Flora.

La Botaniste, 1810–1865

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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Falling Water, Rising Rocks, 1834

A black and white photo of two sets of flowers in test tubes, one of which is wilting

Posies, Poison, and Periods, Early 1920s

Opinion: The Politics of Science and Racism

The Child Hatchery, 1896

Bathtub Bloodbath, 1793

Microscopic view of eukaryotic cells found in the blood from a patient with malaria, stained with methylene blue. Vintage etching circa mid 19th century.

Discovery of the Malaria Parasite, 1880

First Micrographs of Myxobacteria Forming Fruiting Bodies

First Photo of Intact Giant Squid, 1874

The Rabies Vaccine Backstory

Oprah to Star in Henrietta Lacks Movie

Fighting Cancer with Infection, 1891

Life After Sequencing

Science Historian Dies

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Taking the Guesswork Out of Quality Control Standards

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Bunsen Burners and Bad Hair Days

Lab safety rules dictate that one must tie back long hair. Rosemarie Hansen learned the hard way when an open flame turned her locks into a lesson.

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PFAS: The Forever Chemicals

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