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A nitrogen fixation moonshotA new NASA-funded project will yield basic insights with implications for growing plants on the Moon, Mars and beyond. |
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Petri Dish: Genes vs. EnvironmentJoin us May 8 to learn more about what really makes us who we are. |
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Petri Dish: Monkey BusinessJoin us April 17 to learn more about what can primates tell us about human cognition. |
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Casting doubt on droughtA new study based on the framework of a long-term experiment at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve reveals that the consequences of global change may be worse than we thought. |
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A treasure hunt for adaptive treesNick LaBonte tries to beat the climate curve in the Superior National Forest by collecting tree seeds at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve. |
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A vision realizedDavid Tilman fell in love with Cedar Creek and then helped transform it into an ecological research and education powerhouse. |
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A new evolutionary frontierMaria Kalambokidis takes on the daunting task of re-framing the study of the origins of life. |
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In search of new insights into nitrogenaseKathryn Fixen received a five-year NSF CAREER Award to investigate how to get an enzyme that catalyzes nitrogen fixation to work on plants. |
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A fresh look at how we teach sex and genderNew textbook updates the narrative around sex and gender to improve scientific accuracy and awareness of biological diversity for students. |
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A clearer picture of DNA repairLexy von Diezmann uses high-resolution imaging to follow the movements of ZHP-3, a protein known to be involved in mending DNA. |