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Presents for the scientists and science-lovers on your shopping list

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Aside from a real tattoo of the Philae comet lander, what better way to show one’s love of science and exploration than by a temporary tattoo of Charles Darwin’s tree of life? Lithographs.com offers the removable skin art for just $5. And if a tattoo isn’t enough to fully express your loved one’s zeal, the website also sells T-shirts and tote bags smothered in text from Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, Opticks by Isaac Newton, and other books. As an added charitable bonus, the company donates a book to a community in need for every T-shirt or tote it sells (and for every five tattoos).

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    Kerry Grens

    Kerry served as The Scientist’s news director until 2021. Before joining The Scientist in 2013, she was a stringer for Reuters Health, the senior health and science reporter at WHYY in Philadelphia, and the health and science reporter at New Hampshire Public Radio. Kerry got her start in journalism as a AAAS Mass Media fellow at KUNC in Colorado. She has a master’s in biological sciences from Stanford University and a biology degree from Loyola University Chicago.

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