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When politicians get involved in science

When politicians get involved in science       It is 2022, the bicentenary of the birth of the Augustinian friar Gregor Mendel, the founder of genetics, and this is being celebrated in all kinds of ways. In 1955, as a biology student, I […]

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My drawings of shady ladies at the bar

My drawings of shady ladies at the bar Amsterdam, July 2022 Anne-Ruth Wertheim In 1951 my secondary school in Amsterdam was celebrating its twentieth anniversary. The preparations were in full swing, and our science class was asked to run the bar. In those days […]

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