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Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective
information. It is a creative human activity,
its geniuses acting more as artists
than as information processors.
—Stephen Jay Gould
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The Stone Arch Bridge spans the Mississippi River and is located in downtown Minneapolis, MN, USA. Minneapolis is home to Bio-Techne corporate headquarters.
We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
—Isaac Newton
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Coyote Hills Regional Park is located along the eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay, just northwest of Newark, CA, USA, which is home to the Bio-Techne brand Advanced Cell Diagnostics.
It is not easy to convey, unless one has experienced it, the dramatic feeling of sudden
clicks into place.
—Francis Crick
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Facts are the air of scientists.
—Linus Pauling
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Minnehaha Falls is the centerpiece of Minnehaha Falls Regional Park located in Minneapolis, MN, USA. Minneapolis is home to Bio-Techne’s R&D Systems Clinical Controls brand.
not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions.
—Claude Levi-Strauss
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Big Basin Redwoods State Park is the oldest state park in the U.S. state of California. It is located just west of San Jose, CA, which is home to the Bio-Techne brand ProteinSimple.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
—Carl Sagan
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A ship is always safe at shore but that is not what it’s built for.
—Albert Einstein
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The Central Square Historic District encompasses the town center in Waltham, MA, USA. Waltham is home to the Bio-Techne brand Exosome Diagnostics, Inc.
There is no such thing as failure, there’s just giving up too soon.
—Jonas Salk
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Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.
—Thomas Huxley
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The Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, United Kingdom spans the Avon Gorge and the River Avon. Bristol is home to the Bio-Techne brand Tocris.
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.
—Albert Einstein
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Interstate Park spans the St. Croix River and includes two adjacent parks that are located on the borders of Minnesota and Wisconsin. It is located just north of Minneapolis, MN, USA, which is home to the Bio-Techne brand R&D Systems.
Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity, its geniuses acting more as artists than as information processors.
—Stephen Jay Gould
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St. Helen’s Church, located on the bank of the River Thames, was built in the late 12th century in Abingdon, United Kingdom. Abingdon is home to Bio-Techne European headquarters.
moments. The best comes from them.
—Rita Levi-Montalcini
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Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.
—Stephen Hawking
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Minneapolis on Mississippi River by Jdkoenig. Photo has been released into the public domain.
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UK – Bristol – Clifton Suspension Bridge at sunrise by Harshil Shah is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0
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