Biology
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Cyanobacteria and Misery: The Many Hats of Anna Zakrisson (Women in Science 51)
A large black labrador pushes through the snow, pulling a sledge of scientific equipment to the foot of a glacier…
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Cuttlefish in the Home Aquarium Part 2
Within the first week, the other three eggs hatched. According to others who have kept bandensis cuttlefish, if they are…
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Cuttlefish in the Home Aquarium Part 1
In August, I began a project that I’d wanted to do for a very long time: keeping dwarf cuttlefish in…
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More Than a Prize Unwon: The Manifold Legacies of Rosalind Franklin (Women in Science 50!)
When Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) succumbed to cancer at the age of thirty-seven, she left behind monumental contributions to three different…
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Random Ramulus: Climbing Perch
Ok, today we are going to start something new. We are going to climb up into the tree of life…
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Lemurs, Squirrels, and Hyenas, Oh My! The Animal Behavior Research of Toni Lyn Morelli (Women in Science 47).
Animal behavior research comes with a sense of urgency all its own. Climate change and human encroachment are enacting a…
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