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3. Zika, Kale, and Calligraphy: Ricky Jay and Matthias Buchinger

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4. Ike on Orlando: “Every Gun is a Theft”

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8. Apply Directly to Forehead: Holmes, Zola, and Hennapecia

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SCIENCE FICTIONS

9. Swift-Boating Darwin: Alternative and Complementary Science

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13. Swift-Boating “America the Beautiful”: Katharine Lee Bates and a Boston Marriage

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14. Alice James and Rheumatic Gout

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20. A Taste of the Oyster: Vilcek’s Love of Science

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