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Steinbeck's scientific muse

A friendship with a biologist inspired and informed the novelist's work, says science communication professor

One of the most attractive scientific figures in literature is probably 'Doc,' the marine biologist in two of John Steinbeck's novels, Cannery Row (1945) and Sweet Thursday (1954). Today, many Steinbeck readers may not realize that Doc was modeled closely on Steinbeck's friend Ed Ricketts, a biologist who assembled one of the only facilities to blend both science and art under one roof, influencing scientists and artists alike.

By Nicholas Russell

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Tasered pigs

A scientist shoots pigs to figure out how to safely shoot humans

By David Secko

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The malaria hut

A thatched hut in a tiny Africa village contains not people, but laboratory equipment

By Silvia Sanides

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