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In the summer of 2020, Yaniv Brandvain often found himself awake at 2 a.m., writing and recording videos in…
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Biologists are, by definition, keen observers of the natural world. They are students of life after all and…
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Believe it or not, fish can hear you. “Sound actually amplifies underwater if it breaks through the water’s…
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Wading in fish-free ponds is not for the faint of heart. Predaceous insects lurk under water lilies,…
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Victoria Simons is a Bemidji State University alumna who went on to graduate from Colorado State University…
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Taking a field biology course is an immersive experience. Wading into lakes, maneuvering through bogs and…
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Credit: Joseph Heili, Tanner Hoog, and Aaron Engelhart People might assume the search for life on Mars ended…
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Siddhant Pusdekar is bringing science to life in the newsrooms of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel this summer…
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Images of the induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells Santarriaga uses in her research. Mental illness: nature…