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Cracking Open Evolution’s Black Box on 'Lizard Island'
On an island in South Florida, scientists use trials to see how natural selection drives evolution in real time.#reptiles #evolution #animalislands #islands #scientistsatwork #science #lizards #partnerstoryinternal #section-Articles
Cracking Open Evolution’s Black Box on 'Lizard Island'
Searching for 'Dark Oxygen' in One of the World's Deepest Mines
A scientist's quest for mysterious sources of underground oxygen may offer clues about the origins of life.#elevators #mars #microbes #chemistry #underground #science #mining #mines #scientistsatwork #section-Articles
Searching for 'Dark Oxygen' in One of the World's Deepest Mines
A Cemetery's Immortal Residents and the Scientist Who Studies Them
Lichens growing on gravestones appear immune to aging. What does their life cycle teach us about death?#aoloveshalloween #fungus #science #scientistsatwork #graveyards #gravestones #cemeteries #section-Articles
A Cemetery's Immortal Residents and the Scientist Who Studies Them
On the ISS, Archaeologists Conduct the First 'Space Excavation'
The International Space Station is the first permanent human settlement in space—and the perfect setting to understand how our species might create culture off-planet.#scientistsatwork #spaceexploration #space #nasa #astronauts #science #archaeology #section-Articles
On the ISS, Archaeologists Conduct the First 'Space Excavation'
The Race to Save the Pekapeka-Tou-Poto, New Zealand's Unique Bat
For scientists, monitoring the feisty, endangered burrowing bat includes moments of "actual madness."#conservation #wildlife #animals #science #scientistsatwork #bats #section-Articles
The Race to Save the Pekapeka-Tou-Poto, New Zealand's Unique Bat
Inside NASA's Contest to Develop the Space Food of the Future
The race to provide astronauts with fresh bread and 3-D printed steaks can also help food scarcity on Earth.
Inside NASA's Contest to Develop the Space Food of the Future