Scientists looking for rare research specimens, like the Smoothtooth blacktip shark or Antarctic skates, now have a website to request or trade biological odds and ends. Built by scientists and backed by startup accelerators, Otlet.io allows researchers to list their surplus research samples and request those currently not available through other means. The website is a product of frustration: founders Lauren Meyer and Madi Green had trouble finding specimens to complete projects. After completing...
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