Rosie’s Revenge: Rosalind Franklin Outraps Watson & Crick

“Well I”m back from the dead And I read what you said And I’m here to set the record straight.” I love this. Big hat-tip to @nncomfort

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Your Genome As Circus Clown: How DNA Packs Itself Small

One of my favorite blogs of late is The Last Word on Nothing, where several particularly literate, imaginative, restless, and thoughtful writers post on science, culture, and life. The most recent posts, for instance, consider science and music; magic; crying; and the universe, twice. Why think small? Yet today, actually, one of the regulars there, Virginia […]

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