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Elegance of form in art and nature

Shown above is an Illustration of the vertebrate telomerase from the Telemorase database. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, and Jack W. Szostak received The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009, for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected … Continue reading

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The Science View

Like many women, I was excited about the number of women who received Nobel Prizes earlier this month. It seemed like a dismissal of Larry Summers’ famous remarks when he was president of Harvard that women are less capable in … Continue reading

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