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In conversation with Jennifer Ouellette
COSMOS talks to science writer Jennifer Ouellette about why she decided to tackle many students’ nemesis, mathematics.
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Giants of the deep: the evolution of whales
Since heading back into the ocean, cetaceans have evolved to gargantuan proportions. Sid Perkins investigates why whales became so huge.
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In conversation with C.J. Cherryh
COSMOS talks to science-fiction author C.J. Cherryh about the genre and how she writes it.
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In conversation with Peter Pringle
COSMOS chats to journalist Peter Pringle about a famous scientific rip-off that followed the discovery of a cure for tuberculosis.
Selman Waksman (right) deprived student Albert Schatz (left) of credit for streptomycin.
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