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Bruce Gibb finds that time away from the laboratory can help the mind to wander and explore new research ideas — and that inspiration for possible projects can come from somewhat unlikely sources.

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  1. Bruce C. Gibb is in the Department of Chemistry at the University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148, USA. bgibb@uno.edu,

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Gibb, B. Idle thoughts on a good yarn. Nature Chem 2, 792–793 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.844

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