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A primer on the nature and process of science.
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Science in Action
Learn how an unlikely idea — that the merging of cells played a prominent role in evolution — overcame strong initial resistance within the scientific community and came to be an accepted part of evolutionary theory.
Knowing the structure of DNA has helped push biology into new realms. Find out how the human side of science played out in this remarkable discovery.
Try out the new How Science Works Web Interactive!
Chart your own course through the process of science with our interactive journaling tool.
"I was just so interested in what I was doing I could hardly wait to get up in the morning and get at it. One of my friends, a geneticist, said I was a child, because only children can't wait to get up in the morning to get at what they want to do. "
— Geneticist Barbara McClintock
— Geneticist Barbara McClintock
