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Life outside the lab: The ones who got away

Sometimes, the brightest stars in science decide to leave. Nature finds out where they go.

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Callaway, E. Life outside the lab: The ones who got away. Nature 513, 20–22 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/513020a

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