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Editor's Note

Gift guide: December 2019

Allison Frick
Dec. 1, 2019

We hope these gift recommendations help you check some of your favorite scientists off your holiday shopping list.


Beyond Curie cards
$79.00

DNA model – 12 layer kit
$49.00

Microscopic art puzzles
$32–$100

Periodic table pen
$7.99

Science lab cookie cutters
$4.00

Proud Science pin
$9.40

Yoga leggings
$57.00

Coffee chemistry mug
$16.95

Candy Chemistry
$41.95

Laboratory crew socks (glow-in-the-dark)
$11.50

Petri dish coasters
$24.00

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