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NIH director hits the high notes about science

How to you inspire young people to go into science? If you\'re the head of the NIH, you sing to them! NIH Director Francis Collins demonstrates.

Federal News Network Staff

October 5, 2010 10:00 am

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You might have seen him testifying before Congress or maybe on TV talking about a genetic breakthrough. But for some science students at Walt Whitman high in Bethesda, Maryland, the director of the National Institutes of Health is a rockstar. NIH Director Francis Collins sings to high school students about science. (Tape courtesy of Hank Silverberg from our sister station WTOP.)

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