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By apalazzo on April 27, 2007.

Well it was officially last weekend but there are events going on this weekend as well, including a model of the human genome that stretches from Kendall Square to Harvard Yard.

For more info click here to visit the official Cambridge Science Festival site or visit Corie's blog.

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