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  • Sophisticated Skin
    iridescent squid skin
    Squids’ remarkable ability to tune both the color and the brightness of their iridescence comes down to a subtle but powerful mechanism
  • A Richness of Consequences
    Shuji Nakamura
    Shuji Nakamura receives the 2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
  • A Surprising Cycle
    A shipboard crane retrieves scientific instruments from the ocean.
    Researchers discover an immense hydrocarbon cycle in the world’s ocean
  • Wonder Fungi
    a San Clemente Island goat eating grass
    From commodity chemicals to methane production, genomic study peers into the mysteries of a goat’s gut
  • The Spillover Effect
    Lobster fishermen in a small boat with dry coastal bluffs in the background.
    Researchers discover marine reserves can increase fishery landings despite closing fishing grounds
  • When the Rains Come
    A single, small sprig of green grass peaks up from between dry, cracked mud. With trees in the far distance.
    Researchers reveal that the onset of the rainy season can affect food security as much as does the amount of rain received overall

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  • Polycystic kidney disease illustration
    Hope on the Horizon
    Researchers in the Weimbs Lab find a method to potentially stop and reverse polycystic kidney disease

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