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Simulated labs are booming

Blowing up your lab is usually discouraged, but it’s part of the experience when you’re learning online.
  1. Nicola Jones

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When I enter the lab, I see an open flame on an unattended Bunsen burner. The fume hood is open and a pile of explosive chemicals sits in the middle of the floor. In a fit of devilish abandon, I take off my lab goggles and pour an unknown liquid into a dirty beaker. It explodes, spraying acid into my eyes.

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Nature 562, S5-S7 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-06831-1

This article is part of Nature Outlook: Science and technology education, an editorially independent supplement produced with the financial support of third parties. About this content.

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