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If you told your students they'd spend a whole lab period looking at worms, they might groan. But Caenorhabditis elegans—better known as C. elegans—isn't just any worm. This tiny, transparent roundworm has helped scientists win Nobel Prizes, discover how cells…
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I have always loved to be in the water. Ever since I was a kid the running joke was that I had better coordination when I was in the water versus on land. It’s safe to say that my two…
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When you hear the words plastic pollution, your mind might jump to bottles bobbing in the ocean or plastic bags fluttering in the wind. But some of the most persistent—and problematic—plastic pollutants are so small, you can’t even see them.…
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When you walk through an art museum and observe paintings that have been around for decades or even centuries, it’s easy to forget that you’re not looking at the original version of the painting. Throughout the years they have been…
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