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Detailed view of forensic DNA crime scene kit

How New DNA Sleuthing Can Expose Dangerous Killers—and You

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Composite image of DNA sequencing, indigenous tribe.

The Vampire Project

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Large, damaged ancient Egyptian statue

Diagnosing the Dead

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Beckman Oligo 1000M DNA Synthesizer

Institute, Tsinghua University Partner to Present Online Exhibition

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Cartoon of grave robbers

Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and the Irish Giant

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Illustration of white-throated sparrow

The Bird with Four Sexes

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A portrait of Niccolo Paganini on his deathbed.

Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius as Written by Our Genetic Code

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18th century mythological painting of Greek goddess Eos and Tithonus

Chasing Immortality

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Photo of Stephane Bancel

Interview with Stéphane Bancel

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Lab mouse in red Harvard sweater/bowtie

The Mouse That Changed Science

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Constructing Life

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Women in Chemistry

Women in Chemistry

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Maxine Singer

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Donald A. Tomalia

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Phillip Sharp

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Jacqueline K. Barton

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Stanley N. Cohen.

Herbert W. Boyer and Stanley N. Cohen

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Paul Berg.

Paul Berg

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Emil Fischer.

Emil Fischer

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George Hitchings and Gertrude Elion 1988

George Hitchings and Gertrude Elion

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Rosalind Franklin in Paris.

Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, and Maurice Wilkins

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Blow Pipe Kit

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Neanderthal skull

Ancient DNA

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Eugene Pfizenmayer (left) excavating a mammoth carcass on the banks of the Berezovka River in Siberia, ca. 1901. (Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution)

Mammoth Undertaking

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