Science & Nature
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Desktop Aquarium Challenge!
Some aquarist friends of mine and I are doing a “tiny tank challenge.” Basically, we have to come up with…
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The Strangers Within: Lynn Margulis and the Rebirth of Endosymbiosis (Women in Science 54).
In terms of cell count, ninety percent of you isn’t you at all. Bacteria, though by mass they only…
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The Women in Science Reading List: The Twenty Best (And Four Not Best) Books To Read and Own
When I first started collecting biographies of female scientists, I thought the genre, thanks to the historical and systemic neglect…
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The Queen of Wind-Blown Sediments: Kelly Deuerling’s Aeolian Geochemistry (Women in Science 53)
Life is an ion-hungry enterprise. Sure, carbs, proteins, and fatty acids get most of the press, but without a steady…
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8 Comets, 2500 Nebulae: Caroline Herschel’s Century of Astronomy
In 2092, if there are still humans on our planet to look and to see, a comet will appear in…
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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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