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Fifteen years of Lablit.com

Jenny Rohn | 15 March 2020

In March 2005, our lights first came on: a space for exploring the culture of science and scientists in the real world and as portrayed in fiction.

The special ones

Katrina H and Sara P | 21 January 2020

He sat, slumped, on the flimsy cot of his cell. Surrounded by cold concrete walls, he was a prisoner of the government

The ghost of cells past: Part 2

Deborah Flusberg | 26 December 2019

That night at his apartment, Robert dreamed of his sister in the cancer ward of the children’s hospital. Her head was bare, hair long gone

The ghost of cells past: Part 1

Deborah Flusberg | 25 November 2019

When people asked Robert why he wanted to go into biology research, he never mentioned his sister

The dangers of Yellowstone

Sophia N and Colette G | 15 October 2019

I still remember when I first saw the wolves.

Chapter Five: The Outlier

Richard P Grant | 6 October 2019

Slater could tell she was thinking furiously, recognizing she had said the wrong thing.

From the Collins Industries Archives

Selim U and Kyungsoo C | 2 September 2019

I pondered my choices as I laid on the moldy cot in my decrepit apartment. My fingers ached. I was out of sleeping pills. Again

Voices of the next generation

Jenny Rohn | 2 September 2019

Last year, I received an email from Marieclaire Apuli, a Language Arts teacher at Emerson Middle School, serving students from Park Ridge and Niles,…

Chapter Four: The Postdoc

Richard P Grant | 26 July 2019

Brad stared at the printout in front of him. There it was again, that damned high molecular weight peak he had seen on both previous runs.

Chapter Three: The Party

Richard P Grant | 15 July 2019

Ah, these silly English men, Sabine thought as she drove down Long Road. They are so easily amused – it really wasn’t work at all. All she ever had to do was smile at them and they would do anything she asked.

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