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Blog / Science Fail Monday: How a dead salmon taught us about statistics

December 9, 2018March 17, 2019 / Kasey Skinner /

Any scientist knows the importance of a good negative control. A negative control in an experiment is a group of samples or subjects in which no response is expected to…

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Blog / Understanding Sea Turtle Navigation with Laser-based Imaging

November 13, 2018November 24, 2018 / Jessie Barrick / 1

If you’ve ever been lost in an unfamiliar city or tried to walk around in the dark, then you may have found yourself wishing you had the eyes of a…

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Blog / Uncovering Ancient Mysteries with Cosmic Rays

December 3, 2017December 5, 2017 / Jessie Barrick /

You probably don’t usually think of particle physics and the Great Pyramid of Giza as having much in common. In some ways, the two seem diametrically opposed: the Giza Pyramid…

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Blog / The Excellent Journey of Bob Bagnell

October 27, 2015October 7, 2019 / Chris Givens /

As I enter the Microscopy Services Laboratory (MSL), a soft southern accent greets me: “Come in- want a cucumber? Help yourself!” Dr. Bob Bagnell, the faculty director of the MSL,…

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Blog / The Pillars of Creation and Destruction

September 4, 2015October 7, 2019 / JoEllen McBride / 1

We like to think of the Universe as static. Our time is very short compared to the age of the Universe. But there are processes in space that happen on…

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Blog / Canis lupus familiaris gestation and postnatal development

July 8, 2015July 20, 2016 / Bailey Peck /

Puppies are cute. We don’t often get to see them in utero, but now we can, thanks to this sweet radiograph courtesy of my mom, a Labradoodle breeder at Red…

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