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Four facts about Marie Tharp, the woman whose art mapped the bottom of the sea

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She discovered the Earth's 'backbone' even though men wouldn't let her on a ship for 17 years

Cassie Freund, Wake Forest University

Low doses of contaminants, long ignored, can have vast consequences

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Anna Robuck, University of Rhode Island

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How paper towels could revolutionize DNA analysis

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Jennifer Tsang, Microbiology

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Evolution is a lot messier than we thought

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Cells evolved haphazardly, not in one overall arc

Melanie Silvis, UC San Francisco

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How yellow-eyed penguins and sea lions took over New Zealand

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Jerald Pinson, University of Florida

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How scientists are mapping the building blocks of life

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Joshua Peters, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Humans appear to be worse for animals than radioactive fallout

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Brittney G. Borowiec, Wilfrid Laurier University

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What does California's future look like? Scientists asked trees

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Daniel Ackerman, University of Minnesota

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Simulating evolution helped scientists design a better virus

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Devang Mehta, University of Alberta

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Can young blood actually help cure Alzheimer's?

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Researchers are testing the idea, with encouraging early results

Gregory Logan-Graf, Carnegie Mellon University

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Can better sleep help protect us from trauma?

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Brooke N Dulka, The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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Scientific knowledge is drowning in a flood of research

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Matteo Farinella, Columbia University

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Why you shouldn't believe everything your sleep tracker tells you

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People who are told they slept poorly will act accordingly, even if it isn't true

Jack Barton, University of Manchester

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Here's how to avoid outliving your own bones

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Emily Atkinson, Indiana University School of Medicine

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We can no longer count on nature's 'self-correction' to curb warming

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Alanna Shaw, University of Montana

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Toxic chemicals are being freed from melting glaciers

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Carrie McDonough, Colorado School of Mines

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