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Using Street Theater to Channel the Lessons of Molecules

April 7, 2008

Science-In-A-Box performanceMolecules, any chemist will tell you, have lots to teach us. Giving voice to the lessons of molecules and other props of science, as the lamentable state of science literacy in the United States attests, is no easy task. Full story

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Last Updated: April 15, 2008