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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Exploring What Makes Cooperation Work ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ By studying primates such as monkeys, apes and even humans, Sarah Brosnan works to understand how cooperation has evolved across time. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Priya Ramaiah ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8CEqN9CVoVJkbt3cb3a4Jd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Parrot Pecking Order Hints at Humans' Social Lives ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers uses quantitative methods to understand how and why species such as parrots develop complex social societies and how those social relationships compare to other animals. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2015 06:36:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:40 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Catherine Crawley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hsmFhLF4Rh7wcuWjzgiNVG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Hobson catches a parakeet in a mist net. She studies how animals behave in their social interactions and what motivates these interactions.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Elizabeth Hobson catches a parakeet i]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Urgently Examining Environmental Impacts of Fertilizer Run-off ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As human activity alters the balance of nutrient cycles in nature, one mathematical biologist seeks answers to questions about how phosphorous pollution affects our lakes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 05:50:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:33:17 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Catherine Crawley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ryCD5hGEwEgYMX8Ha4NgbF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Angela Peace applies mathematics to help solve diverse questions proposed by biological phenomena. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Angela Peace uses applied mathematics to solve diverse questions about biological phenomena]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Balancing the Good and Bad: News for Coral Reefs ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Marine ecologist Paul Sikkel discusses his passion for and work with coral reefs and the best ways to protect them. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lily Whitman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8trHZbLKUtgpBRmryvqzDB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Reefscape near Cabilao Island, Philippines .]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[reefs cape in the Philippines]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How Plants Affect the Global Carbon Cycle ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Caroline Farrior uses math to understand the old plants play in the global carbon cycle so scientists will be able to predict the path of climate change. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Catherine Crawley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5rDNkormiWwzYPrvxv32QG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Caroline Farrior studies the effect of wind storms and drought on forests. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Caroline Farrior studies trees ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Computer Models Aid Kidney Disease Research ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Ioannis Sgouralis of the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis is using mathematical modeling to study how the kidneys behave in a range of different conditions. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 21:19:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:00:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Catherine Crawley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fSzvvZfMFBPQ2ChzBYDXEm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Ioannis Sgouralis creates computer models of the kidney to assess the organ’s behavior under a range of conditions. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Ioannis Sgouralis creates computer models to assess organ behavior in varying conditions]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ From Drawing to Morphology: Sandy Kawano ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A childhood love of drawing leads Sandy Kawano into a branch of biology studying in animal body shapes ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:13:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 03 Jan 2022 14:06:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ National Science Foundation ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zcwDEP3Z2WDNwReAM3LQ8m-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[For her research in the field of integrative morphology, Sandy Kawano creates 3-D fossil models such as this one, of amphibian Eryops, shown here at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Sandy Kawano creates 3-D fossil models]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ From Slot Machines to Self-Tracking Devices: An Anthropologist Story ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Anthropologist Natasha Schüll seeks to understand our connections and responses to machines and technology. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 22:11:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:05:27 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Priya Ramaiah ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7TGfUz8pEto3QeVjSaZYHH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Natasha Schüll is a cultural anthropologist who explores questions at the nexus of human-machine interaction.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Natasha Schüll human-machine interaction ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lemur Lady Campaigns for Endangered Lemurs ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Renowned scientist and conservationist Patricia Wright battles to save one of the world’s most endangered primates. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2014 16:35:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:45:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lily Whiteman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ab4LyDMscsZ7BuxzLzZRUg-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Ben Hider]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Patricia Wright — shouldering a lemur — rang the New York Stock Exchange Closing Bell on May 15, 2014.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[lemur lady Patricia Wright researches how to save lemurs]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NSF Research Helps UNESCO Preserve Subaks in Bali ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Immersed in the world of Balinese water temples and cooperative farms, Anthropologist J. Stephen Lansing’s NSF funded research helped win UNESCO World Heritage Site status for Bali’s subaks. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2014 22:15:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:54:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacqueline Conciatore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JNECT9Z5ZDbZxc5EgGmdz3-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Anthropologist Steve Lansing helped secure a UNESCO World Heritage “cultural landscape” designation for Bali’s subaks — an ancient system of cooperative ecological management among rice farmers that illustrates key concepts in complexity theory. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Steve Lansing in Bali]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Using Math to Understand the Puzzle of Humanity ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Matthew Zefferman applies his enthusiasm for solving puzzles to investigating how human culture influences modern society. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2014 17:23:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:27:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Catherine Crawley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/G4K57PnbPMAkksnBRxBgYH-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Emily Peffer]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[“I hope that my work will help us understand human cooperation and conflict in large political organizations,” says evolutionary social scientist Matthew Zefferman. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Matthew Zefferman applies his enthusiasm for solving puzzles to investigating how human culture influences modern society ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Philosopher Explores Ethics of Brain Technologies ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Philosopher Sara Goering discusses neuroethics, the field emerging from the development and use of neural technologies. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2014 17:15:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:47:04 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mary Guiden ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FfCocWnMemAhx7aaFWQwWh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Philosopher Sara Goering, who works with researchers creating neural technologies, said, &quot;Our brains really are so intimate to who we are, and that&#039;s exactly the part of us that we&#039;re now talking about engineering or tinkering with.&quot; ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Sara Goering, University of Washington]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pioneering Research Brings More Precise Understanding of Biology ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pioneer William Bialek blends biology and physics in biophysics to discover more precise research of biological systems. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2014 00:10:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:46:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacqueline Conciatore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sHE4HHNoPbUSfaudFEWxWc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[William Bialek]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[William Bialek]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nick Matzke: Reconstructing Species Migrations Across Time ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Want to know about historical biogeography? Ask Nick Matzke. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2014 06:13:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:37:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Catherine Crawley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/x9bgZZVRcCEXdfQNVnRAi6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researcher Nick Matzke reconstructs how species migrated around the planet over millions of years of evolution.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Nick Matzke reconstructs how evolution happened]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tapping Electrical Signals: Turning Thought Into Action ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Biomedical engineer Walt Besio uses his brother's paralysis as motivation to invent technology to help people with disabilities return to a more normal life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 21:08:07 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:17:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sarah A. Bates ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UXNkRUDeHcWVwmcod83HXR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[University of Rhode Island Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Walt Besio invented an electrode that is helping to improve epilepsy diagnosis.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[University of Rhode Island Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Walt Besio, epilepsy, electrodes, diagnosis]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Moving at the Speed of Clicks: Improving Computer Efficiency ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/44912-computer-efficiency-research-nsf-sl.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ University of Wisconsin researcher finds hidden efficiencies in computer architecture. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2014 21:37:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:07:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Aaron Dubrow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TXfSEeM7EzHraEZSAqMVDS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Computer scientist Mark Hill uncovers inefficiencies in computer workflows and helps make computers more powerful, energy efficient and easier to program. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Computer scientist Mark Hill uncovers inefficiencies in computer workflows and helps make computers more powerful, energy efficient and easier to program]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Conservation Efforts Not Just for Tree Huggers ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Computer Geek, Sean Hoban, uses mathematical and computational tools to preserve endangered plant species. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 02:57:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:06:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Catherine Crawley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nnPNRGMDEB5cVtnrNKdeWi-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Stephanie Porter, UC Berkeley.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Sean Hoban and fellow scientists created software that helps users develop effective strategies for preserving endangered plant species.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Sean Hoban preserves endangered plant species]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Surfing the Web: Protecting Identities Online ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/44150-anonymous-internets-system-roger-dingledine-nsf-sl.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Roger Dingledine developed and runs a worldwide network to keep Internet users anonymous. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2014 19:57:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:46:40 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Communications]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leslie Fink ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/njTT9nSb5jnn5JNwpeT3eb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Computer scientist and Internet rights advocate Roger Dingledine.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Roger Dingledine, computer scientist]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Computer Scientist Uses Creativity to Teach Computer Skills ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/43770-creativity-in-computer-science-nsf-sl.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Incorporating cultural norms into a computing system's technology interface helps adults learn computer skills faster. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2014 23:22:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:07:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lisa-Joy Zgorski ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yvzbqBbegKBhF8i6KZJEPT-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Wanda Eugene]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[computer scientist Wanda Eugene]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What Holds Back Women Research Faculty? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Economics researcher Donna Ginther explores why so few women occupy senior research posts. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2014 20:55:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:22:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leslie Fink ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rW6neEN9irMvU3PhJSNiL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Economics researcher Donna Ginther wants to know why so few women occupy senior research posts in academia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Economics researcher Donna Ginther explores why so few women occupy senior research posts.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sweatin' the Small Stuff, What Mechanical Engineering Is About ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mechanical engineer Kira Barton builds and creates at the smaller-than-tiny-scale. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2013 05:47:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:54:53 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Engineering]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sarah A. Bates ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/G6Lj4wTHT8tk2PxJgKeEAF-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[K. Barton, Mechanical Engineering Department, Univ. of Michigan.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In her research, Barton uses a high-resolution camera to visualize micro-printing processes and align printed features such as those seen in this &quot;M.&quot; Note the reflection of the nozzle on the substrate.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Barton uses a high-resolution camera]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Computer Scientist Andrea Johnson: Getting to the Heart of the Matter ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Andrea Johnson, who works on Prime III, an electronic system designed to improve voting accessibility, discusses her passion for her field. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2013 22:16:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:25:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lisa-Joy Zgorski ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/S6TadwoDny44vqrkAdPAcH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Andrea Johnson is a computer scientist dedicated to improving access to voting for people with disabilities.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Andrea Johnson, computer science, plain language, voting, elections , voter access]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ From Selfishness to Cooperation: What Drives the Change ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researcher Keenan Mack uses mathematical models to explore changes in human nature. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2013 04:47:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:15:27 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Catherine Crawley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eX8JuEuBtHsMA5kGtmRC9J-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Brette Mack.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Keenan Mack is a fellow at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis. “My research helps explain human nature, and provides warnings about how that nature might change in a global society,” he says.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Keenan Mack&#039;s research helps explain human nature]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Math Models Predict Climate Change Effects ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Michelle Lawing uses math in service of species’ survival. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:05:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:55:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Catherine Crawley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vYUE6DCVNFjikMUaoHkccH-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jesse M. Meik]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Michelle Lawing.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Michelle Lawing, math, climate change, animals]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Evolutionary Patterns Show Biodiversity on Earth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Evolutionary biologist Jeremy Beaulieu develops new tools that represent evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2013 04:16:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:27:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Catherine Crawley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mMuFagSUnymXW2oEdsA8Nc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[People might be surprised by the wealth of knowledge about individual species that has accumulated over the last few decades, says evolutionary biologist Jeremy Beaulieu.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Jeremy Beaulieu, evolutionary biologist]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Machines Deepen Understanding of Human Emotions ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Shaundra Daily is a pioneer in the field of affective computing, using computer tools to help students understand their emotions. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:47:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:07:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lisa-Joy Zgorski ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EjjBs9zkgBaNVFseRGCLQX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Shaundra Daily is a pioneer in the field of affective computing.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Shaundra Daily]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Art of Mathematical Modeling ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Chris Remien explores how mathematics can connect often hidden processes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 22:37:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:20:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Catherine Crawley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wy6VUpyR4NLkcWQv3Y6yd-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[David Kimutai]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Chris Remien, whose mathematical modeling sheds new light on biomarkers--measurable characteristics (such as the presence of antibodies) that point to a state or condition (such as a state of infection.)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Chris Remien]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mathematics Key to Unlocking Mystery of Language? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researcher Arik Kershenbaum applies mathematical techniques to studying animal communications. Here he discusses his passions, studies and inspirations. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:43:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:14:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Catherine Crawley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mwq6yJuasuc9yho6xe7kkZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Arik Kershenbaum, who uses math techniques to examine how syntax in animal communication relates to behavior, holds a rock hyrax.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Arik Kershenbaum from the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cedric Stallworth: Choose What Will Have the Biggest Impact ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Journeying from Georgia Tech to the NFL and back again. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:54:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:22:57 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lisa-Joy Zgorski ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mA64FakHgVMmj2unG5x6GQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[If you can give one student in your classroom that “aha” moment of insight, you’ve done your job, says Cedric Stallworth, assistant dean in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Cedric Stallworth]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Social Networking Animal Style ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/37973-social-networks-animal-networks-amiyaal-ilany-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researcher Amiyaal Ilany gets inspiration from spotted hyenas. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2013 17:10:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:24:17 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ana Richters ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ePvXD8mhq3Eu3JfPDWiPSL-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Yoram Levi.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Amiyaal Ilany in the field.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Amiyaal Ilany in the field.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Math Improves Grasp of Storm Surge Effects ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dr. Jiang Jiang uses mathematics to predict shorelines of the future from storm surge effects. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2013 01:27:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:28:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Catherine Crawley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/n8aU92T6TgZZ8e29tuVJBL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Jiang Jiang, a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Jiang Jiang Uses Math to Understand Storm Surge Effects]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Computer Science, Good Advice and More From Cyntrica Eaton ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/37410-computer-science-cyntrica-eaton-nsf-sl.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Computer scientist, author and educator Cyntrica Eaton answers 10 questions. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:22:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Cyntrica Eaton ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/G4t5owZKveKCpapDBMbnNN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Cyntrica Eaton, computer scientist]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Cyntrica Eaton, a computer scientist]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ecologist Strives to Improve Human-Animal Co-Habitation ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/29300-ecology-research-julia-earl-nsf-sl.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Julia Earl uses math to study animal movements through habitats and the effects those movements have, hoping to help humans and animals live together better. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 17:23:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:13:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Catherine Crawley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EoBVVYvvWgpBLoreXhugWY-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Bill Percival.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Julia Earl studies spatial subsidies—nutrients and other benefits organisms deposit across ecosystems when they forage.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ecology, conservation, frogs, salamanders]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Math for the Real World ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/28488-mathematics-applied-fred-roberts-nsf-sl.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mathematician Fred Roberts applies math to a wide range of real-world problems. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:31:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:18:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carl Blesch ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MacKJUtamRXeqdfJiMjAoZ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Carl Blesch, Rutgers University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fred Roberts]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[mathematician, Fred Roberts, real-world problems, applied mathematics]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Researcher Designs Sensors to Gather Earth Details ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/28291-earth-sensors-steven-glaser-nsf-sl.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Steven Glaser's research covers a wide range of applications from snow hydrology processes to water balance to earthquake initiation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:17:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:45:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Steven Glaser ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f52dxYPMNkWFFS8NBFpjLN-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Christian Grosse, Technical University of Munich]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Steven Glaser]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[nsf, national science foundation, sciencelives, sl, earthquakes, sensors, UC Berkeley]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Picking On Yeast For Genetic Answers ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/27154-yeast-studies-answer-human-questions-joseph-mcclain-nsf-sl.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientist learns a lot about how human DNA works by studying yeast. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:06:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:44:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joseph McClain ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jUkhc7x8THpNLnN8WtsWt7-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Stephen Salpukas, College of William &amp; Mary]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Oliver Kerscher evolved from the typical science-obsessed kid with pockets full of bugs and worms into a molecular biologist studying the chromosome cycle.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[sciencelives, sl, yeast, DNA, genes, molecular biology]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Prioritizing Risks and Failures is Critical ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Matthew Kerr discusses his love for his work. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:12:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:18:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacqueline Conciatore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RSkSHvEsjbXtaV48fqmrPi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Matthew Kerr, PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins University.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[nsf, biomedical engineering, neuromedicine]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Building Green-Gas Technology Without a Manual ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Robert Coolman explores pyrolysis and biofuels. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:46:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:22:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Coolman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NcR35PdvMvPeTGEzm4W6gT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Robert Coolman in front of the biofuels reactor he built as a member of the George Huber Lab at UMass Amherst.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[nsf, biofuels, green gasoline research]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Doing Science is Fun — Collaboration, Creativity, Flexibility ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Professor Francine Berman shares how much she loves her job. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:04:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:23:07 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lisa-Joy Zgorski ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dR9ubPS9KG9xR3dV85dprU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Francine Berman, professor of computer science, Rensslaer]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[nsf, computer science, big data]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Iain Johnstone: Following Curiosity Where it Leads ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A statistics researcher discusses how an enthusiasm for cricket as a boy led him to a career in statistics. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:52:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:44:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacqueline Conciatore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NatScjBdT2CW38RrDCeRb3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Stanford University biostatistician Iain Johnstone ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[nsf, biostatstics]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Gates: The Pain and Pleasures of Science ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Daily discovery is like Christmas, but the frustration of not getting to the discovery you hope for is painful. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:18:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:50:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sunaina Rajani ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vzx69Wwcdf8zTpRikHC96a-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Theoretical physicist James Gates ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[theoretical physics, string theory]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Physics of the Ocean's Tiniest Critters ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The aesthetics, the mechanics, and the powerful consequences of water and its residents have far reaching repercussions. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:44:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:06:44 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Rivers &amp; Oceans]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacqueline Conciatore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FhpzByxqC3Js4oZNUGTJAG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[MIT environmental engineer Roman Stocker. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[sl, nsf, sciencelives, national science foundation, Stocker, MIT, microbiology, fluid mechanics]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Our Fire Planet ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/24661-fire-climate-change-relationship-nsf-sl.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Jennifer Balch explores the complex relationship humans have with fire. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:42:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:56:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Balch ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/itasnyAmiqZQT3DYgPcdfH-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jennifer K. Balch, 2006.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Cattle-pasture fire burning through the night in Mato Grosso, Brazil, the southern Amazon.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[fire, climate change, invasive species, Penn State]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Childhood Interests Grow Into A Cherished Career ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/23571-cheryl-wilga-functional-morphology-nsf-sl.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Cheryl Wilga's life-long passions grew into a career of research and teaching others about animal behavior. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:45:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:32:55 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lily Whiteman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/R9tx8KhiP796LJzbdqJPN9-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jason Ramsay]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Cheryl Wilga points to an image on her left monitor showing how much water is moved into the mouth of a suction-feeding shark. The head muscles of sharks appear on her right monitor.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[nsf, functional morphology, sharks]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Marine Ecologist Leads Coastal Investigation, Collaboration on Climate Change ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/23363-coastal-ecosystems-global-karen-mcglathery-nsf-sl.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Karen McGlathery works to integrate multi-disciplinary findings on the coastal landscape. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:07:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:56:18 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Cat Wolner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Jw9C8XuxdnN4zso2tZAPJW-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Pok Cha Samarrai]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Karen McGlathery examining sea grass in one of Virginia’s coastal bays. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[nsf, national science foundation, climate change, coastal landscape]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Underappreciated "Smaller Majority" that Dominate Marine Ecosystems ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/23184-oceanography-marine-parasites-paul-sikkel-nsf-sl.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Paul Sikkel explores the ecological importance of marine parasites in coral reef communities. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:09:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:25:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lily Whiteman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VtyxZHcGmDc6xuYS3XLi6f-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Tina Santos]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Paul Sikkel at work in his “office.”]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[marine parasites, oceanography, marine ecology]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Creativity As Key To Engineering Innovation ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/22874-engineering-conservation-maurizio-porfiri-nsf-sl.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Maurizio Porfiri designs robots that look and act like fish. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:41:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:40:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Erin Newton ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zSUtWCUpeWN7idyCnim7pW-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NYU-Poly.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Porfiri and one of his robotic fish.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[engineering, NSF, animal-inspiried robots]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Theoretical Physics Via Perseverance, Inspiration, Mentoring and Luck ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/22236-mentoring-graphene-optical-waveguides-yogesh-joglekar-nsf-sl.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Yogesh Joglekar conducts theoretical research while mentoring high school and undergraduate students, resulting in published, original studies. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:15:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:19:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ David Hosick ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4PfnHd82DoWJptekDf87W-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[School of Science, IUPUI]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Yogesh Joglekar with former undergraduate student Bill Karr. Karr is now a math graduate student at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[theoretical research studies]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Jeopardy Champ Watson's Creator Discusses Being a Scientist ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/21393-watson-artificial-intelligence-david-ferrucci-nsf-sl.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ David Ferrucci talks about the passion of scientists and more. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:48:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:06:18 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacqueline Conciatore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/X5v3pAyiMshXRwU4kEt3xV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[IBM computer Watson’s Jeopardy win may have been a milestone for artificial intelligence, but the possibilities are just opening up, says principal investigator on the DeepQA/Watson project, David Ferrucci.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[artificial intelligence, AI, Watson, Jeopardy]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Social Scientist Examines Diversity to Understand Our World ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/21235-diversity-scott-page-nsf-sl.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Social scientist Scott Page studies complex systems to help make sense of the world we live in. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:55:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:23:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bobbie Mixon ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/g5XUYEzgVRoYWyNzTkeK5g-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[University of Michigan professor, Scott Page]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[diversity]]></media:text>
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