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From Caribbean girl to California geologist
Sedimentologist Liselle Persad explains how growing up in the Caribbean shaped her science.
Topics:
- Science as a human endeavor
- Earth science
Format: single page
High altitude adaptations: The work of Emilia Huerta-Sánchez
Learn about modeling in this advanced research profile on evolutionary genetics.
Topics:
- Science as a human endeavor
- Testing scientific ideas
- biology
Format: multipage
Scientists, collaborators, and friends dig into the fossil record
Paleontologists Madeline Ess and Roxanne Banker describe their paths into science and their current collaboration.
Topics:
- Science as a human endeavor
- biology
- Earth science
Format: single page
From city girl to naturalist
Paleontologist Anna Holden explains how her background shaped her interest in fossil insects.
Topics:
- Science as a human endeavor
- biology
Format: single page
Luminous
Astronomer Larry Molnar investigates a distant, double-star system and makes a daring and explosive prediction.
Topics:
- Science as a human endeavor
- Testing scientific ideas
- The iterative process of science
- astronomy
Format: video