Carbon

Discover the significance of carbon in life forms through a biochemist's tattoo inspired by the periodic table of elements.

Written byCarl Zimmer
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"I am a biochemist, studying to be a molecular biologist, and the tattoo I am sending is the entry for carbon on the periodic table of elements. Since all living things on this planet at least are carbon based, from a chemical standpoint, it doesn't get much more basic than carbon. Hence the tattoo." --Erin

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