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August 22, 2024
Can an Aquifer be Injured? Scholar Brings a Disability Lens to Ecological Repair
Sunaura Taylor' new book Disabled Ecologies, document how residents organized one of the earliest and most successful environmental justice movements in the country.
August 22, 2024
Creature the Size of a Dust Grain Found Hiding in California’s Mono Lake
Colonies of these choanoflagellates — members of a group considered to be the closest living relatives of all animals — have their own unique microbiomes.
August 21, 2024
World’s First Micromachine Twists 2D Materials At Will
Device expands ways to manipulate low-dimensional quantum materials