Issue 7: Small Things

Featured Essay
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
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
Featured Research
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
Issue 07: Small Things - Story Collection
An Infectious Cure: Oncolytic Viruses and Glioblastoma
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
Audio Essay
Celeste Hankins
A Thousand Suns
Celeste Hankins

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

Celeste Hankins
Essay
Lice Lessons Learned
Sarah Hartnett
Lice Lessons Learned
Sarah Hartnett

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

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Sarah Hartnett
Research
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
 

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Featured Essay
Katie Thrasher
The Peculiar Pressure of Peace
Katie Thrasher

A mother’s quest to rebuild after tragedy.

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Katie Thrasher
Issue 6: Pressure - Story Collection
The Peculiar Pressure of Peace
Research
Experimenting with Time: Can Intermittent Fasting Help Manage Alzheimer’s Disease?
Lucy Gilak
Experimenting with Time: Can Intermittent Fasting Help Manage Alzheimer’s Disease?
Lucy Gilak

Animal research suggests time-restricted eating could slow progression and relieve symptoms of neurodegenerative conditions.

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Lucy Gilak
Explainer
Barring the Gates
Marisa-Claire Mumford
Barring the Gates
Marisa-Claire Mumford

The life and death struggle of northern spotted owl conservation.

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Marisa-Claire Mumford
Issue 6: Pressure - Story Collection
Is OpenAI the Gutenberg of the Twenty-First Century?
Opinion
Mark Kraus
Is OpenAI the Gutenberg of the Twenty-First Century?
Mark Kraus

Movable type sparked revolutions and reshaped cultures — AI could be trained to do it all again.

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Mark Kraus
Book Review
Illuminating the Deep Sea's Living Lights
Jade Lin
Illuminating the Deep Sea's Living Lights
Jade Lin

Marine biologist Edith Widder’s new memoir

Jade Lin
Essay
Our Relationship With the Unknown
Rachel Lense
Our Relationship With the Unknown
Rachel Lense

How legendary creatures transitioned from sea to sky

Rachel Lense
Audio Story
Claire Estelle Lubke
More Than a Murmur
Claire Estelle Lubke

The competitive advantage of starling genetics.

Claire Estelle Lubke
Research
The Seaweed Solution
Julia Grimmett
The Seaweed Solution
Julia Grimmett

Is seaweed a viable climate change treatment for coastal Maine?

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Julia Grimmett
Video Explainer
Mark Jordan
Why Are Glaciers Blue?
Mark Jordan

A journey of light bouncing through ice

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Mark Jordan

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