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This photo depicts a waterfall on the Juma River near the town of Apui, in Amazonas State. Sweating from the hike to reach it, Walker swam across the pool at its base, only to worry halfway to the other side about possible anacondas lurking in the depths.

From Florida to Amazonia: Fighting Deforestation

By Robert Walker published

Adventure and research meet as Robert Walker journeys throughout the Amazon to learn about the loss of tropical forests.

Planet Earth
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Exploring Our Planet to Learn About Climate

By Richard Alley published

Richard Alley studies glaciers and ice sheets to learn how the climate works and whether melting ice will flood our coasts.

Climate Change
Marla Spivak getting ready to engage University of Minnesota bee colonies.

The Benefits of Studying Bees

By Marla Spivak published

Marla Spivak's honeybee research has ecological and human health benefits.

Human Behavior
Photo of Jason Clark, Purdue University professor.

From Inventor to Engineer

By Gregory Perigo published

Jason Clark talks about what it's like to be a researcher

Human Behavior
photo of Thomas Edision at National Portrait Gallery

80 Years Later Edison Still Inspires

By Bobbie Mixon published

Physics & Mathematics
Even though there is less oxygen at high altitudes, Tibetans are able to work hard and consume sufficient amounts.

Science Diplomacy in High-altitude Tibetan Biology

By Cynthia M. Beall published

Cynthia Beall studies how Tibetans survive the low oxygen of high altitudes

Evolution
The impedance spectroscopy microchip — containing an array of microfabricated electrodes — which measures electrical characteristics of living cells.

Small Devices Show Big Potential

By Dana Denick published

Masoud Agah merges MEMS and nanotechnology to develop microsystems for environmental and healthcare applications, including early breast cancer detection.

Human Behavior
Boaz Keysar, professor of Psychology and the chair of the cognition group at the University of Chicago.

Improving Communication Among Patients, Doctors and Married Couples

By Bobbie Mixon published

Boaz Keysar researches how people communicate, negotiate and make decisions

Human Behavior
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Career of Renowned Atmospheric Scientist Begins with a Big Magnet

By Bobbie Mixon published

National Academy of Sciences President Dr. Ralph Cicerone discusses his excitement at conducting groundbreaking experiments at the frontier of atmospheric chemistry.

Human Behavior
Hansma's pioneering research on biological atomic force microscopy led her to a new hypothesis for the origin of life

ScienceLives: Insight Into the Origin of Life Using a New Kind of Microscope

By Helen Greenwood Hansma published

Helen Hansma's pioneering research on biological atomic force microscopy led her to a new hypothesis for the origin of life

Evolution
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