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Holly Moeller
Holly Moeller hopes these nondescript algae will help her uncover the intriguing lifestyle of mixotrophs and understand how environmental conditions influence their growth.
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Where fire is a natural part of the ecosystem, it can create space and opportunities for adaptations and new species
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Matt Perko
Mono Lake, where brine flies are a key food source for water birds.
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Matt Perko
Simply seeing a machine might not convey what it does.
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Michael Gurven
The Tsimane are an indigenous population in the Bolivian Amazon
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Ryan Allen and Peter Allen, Second Bay Studios
A new antibiotic cured mice infected with bacteria deemed nearly “untreatable” in humans — and resistance to the drug was virtually undetectable.
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Photo by Laura College, Unsplash