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  • FUTURES

Washed clean

Say hello to a new you.
By
  1. Eden Fenn

    1. Eden Fenn is a software developer and vat-meat enthusiast. She’s currently finishing her next novel. She lives in Baltimore with her wife and a very bad dog.

Artistic image of a human nose and mouth slowly emerging from a pool of liquid

Illustration by Jacey

The record of my sins is written in my every cell.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00586-4

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