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Sleeping with your science

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Michelle Francl wonders if there is a risk to making yourself at home in the lab.

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Fig. 1: A floor plan of Dmitri Mendeleev’s apartment in St. Petersburg.

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  2. Vatican Observatory, Vatican City, Vatican City State

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