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EPISODE · Nov 29, 2025 · 1H 22M

#8 Discovery of DNA: _____ Erased in Science

from Lab Libs · host Debbie I

This week, Megan tells Debbie a story about the woman who helped discover DNA, and you’ve probably never heard of her. Then Debbie takes Megan down a Naked and Afraid rabbit hole.   A famous scientist A type of art A number 1-50 A number 1-5 A common item in your living room A power in science fiction stories An animal found in a large city An author in the late 1800s A type of mental illness An extended family member   Sources:   https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/discovery-of-dna-structure-and-function-watson-397/ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01313-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04966-w#:~:text=Exclusion%20from%20authorship%20is%20common,effect%20size%20=%20%E2%88%920.0984 https://www.sciencehistory.org/education/scientific-biographies/francis-crick-rosalind-franklin-james-watson-and-maurice-wilkins/ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rosalind-franklin-dna-structure-watson-crick https://historycollection.com/women-who-had-their-work-stolen-from-them-by-men/ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/06/the-secret-of-life-by-howard-markel-review-science-and-misogyny

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