Hr1: Indigenous Genes, Beatrix Potter, Never Built New York

Science Friday

Outside of Mr. McGregor’s garden and in her own life, Beatrix Potter–author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit–had a curious eye for the nature world around her. Plus an alternate history of New York City architecture lives on in Never Built New York.

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