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Michelle Francl reminds us that even a rigorous scientific discipline such as chemistry has its own myths and legends — and explains why this isn't such a bad thing.

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  1. Michelle Francl is in the Department of Chemistry at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010-2899, USA. mfrancl@brynmawr.edu,
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Francl, M. Urban legends of chemistry.Nature Chem 2, 600–601 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.750

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