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    Chinatown, Hot Dogs, and Genetics

    Geneticist Paul Nurse, a Nobel Laureate, learns the truth about his origins; a nine-alarm blaze in Boston's Chinatown teaches a daughter about her father's wisdom; a cop has misadventures during a stakeout; and a man is plagued during a road trip with dreams of what might have been.

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    Aug 24, 2014 • 1 min read

    Geneticist Paul Nurse, a Nobel Laureate, learns the truth about his origins; a nine-alarm blaze in Boston's Chinatown teaches a daughter about her father's wisdom; a cop has misadventures during a stakeout; and a man is plagued during a road trip with dreams of what might have been.

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