Issue 7: Small Things

Feature
A Heart-to-Heart on Skin-to-Skin
Issue 07: Small Things - Story Collection
Jacqueline Sears
A Heart-to-Heart on Skin-to-Skin
Jacqueline Sears

How kangaroo care helped me survive my baby’s hospitalization.

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Jacqueline Sears
Explainer
The Cosmic Cycle of Dust
Meghan Feldman
The Cosmic Cycle of Dust
Meghan Feldman

How dust has quietly shaped the universe for billions of years.

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Meghan Feldman
Research story
Tiny Plankton Could Play Big Role in Monitoring Marine Health
Katherine Greene
Tiny Plankton Could Play Big Role in Monitoring Marine Health
Katherine Greene

How nano- and picoplankton can further inform marine policy.

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Katherine Greene
Essay
Sarah Hartnett
Lice Lessons Learned
Sarah Hartnett

A pediatrician explains everything you never wanted to know about lice.

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Sarah Hartnett
Issue 07: Small Things - Story Collection
Lice Lessons Learned
Opinion
Killing Her Softly
Kara West
Killing Her Softly
Kara West

Mysterious cases of lung cancer are afflicting nonsmoking women; Congress must pass legislation now to investigate why.

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Kara West
Explainer
Look at the Stones on You!
Clare Lochary
Look at the Stones on You!
Clare Lochary

Examining the appeal of moissanite as an alternative to diamonds.

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Clare Lochary
Research story
Green Architecture Could Mean Building with Plant Polymers
Alyssa Traitz
Green Architecture Could Mean Building with Plant Polymers
Alyssa Traitz

3D-printed nanocellulose and algae as a sustainable alternative to fossil-based materials.

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Alyssa Traitz
Feature
An Infectious Cure: Oncolytic Viruses and Glioblastoma
Avigial Albert
An Infectious Cure: Oncolytic Viruses and Glioblastoma
Avigial Albert

Viruses are opening oncologists’ eyes to new treatment possibilities for the world’s most intractable brain cancer.

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Avigial Albert
Audio Essay
Celeste Hankins
A Thousand Suns
Celeste Hankins

In the wake of long COVID, nature helps provide a healing light

Celeste Hankins
 

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News Brief
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Explainer
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Essay
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A mother’s quest to rebuild after tragedy.

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Californians whiplash between climate hope and worry.

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Audio Story
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More Than a Murmur
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The competitive advantage of starling genetics.

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Barring the Gates
Marisa-Claire Mumford
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Marisa-Claire Mumford

The life and death struggle of northern spotted owl conservation.

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The Power of Negative Belief
Jess Sharpe
The Power of Negative Belief
Jess Sharpe

The science behind the nocebo effect.

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Jess Sharpe
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The Riddle of Cancer Development
Rob Leigh

Could a new understanding of cancer epigenetics move us toward a cure?

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Creating a Forecast for Seizures
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Creating a Forecast for Seizures
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Researchers develop a tool to help people with epilepsy plan ahead.

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Why Go Back to the Moon?
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Chicago’s Collision Course
Claire Hoy

Saving birds from urban jungles.

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Claire Hoy
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Alien Hues
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Alien Hues
Melissa Madden

Helping astronomers recognize life’s signature colors.

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Melissa Madden
Uncivil Political Discourse
Roberta S. McLain
Uncivil Political Discourse
Roberta S. McLain

Neuropolitics and the evolution of political differences.

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Roberta S. McLain
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Is seaweed a viable climate change treatment for coastal Maine?

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A journey of light bouncing through ice

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