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Meet the Scientist Venturing to Remote Canada in Search of the Earth’s Oldest Rocks

Smithsonian researcher Wriju Chowdhury is part of an expedition searching for 4-billion-year-old crystals that could uncover the secrets behind Earth’s early history

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Meet the Museum Scientist Who Sails the Ocean and Sifts Through Seafood Markets to Identify Fishes

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A Glowing Review: Meet the Museum Scientist Who Studies the Evolution of Bioluminescence in Corals

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Mars Madness: Meet the Scientist Studying the Rocky Surface of Mars

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Meet the Smithsonian Scientist Who Has Spent Decades Exploring Ocean Depths

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Meet the Scientist Studying the Scary Speed of Spider Jaws

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Meet the Smithsonian Scientist Untangling the Branches of Hawaii’s Evolutionary Tree

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For the Love of Lizards: Meet One of the Smithsonian’s Lizard Experts

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Meet the Smithsonian Scientist Studying the Mysterious Mongolian Deer Stones

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Meet the Smithsonian Scientist Venturing to Volcanoes to Understand the Origins of Earth’s Surface

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Meet the Smithsonian Director Bringing a Deep Time Perspective to the International Climate Discussion

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Meet the Smithsonian Scientist Unlocking Crucial Conservation Clues in the Genetic Code of Koalas

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When Was the World Our Oyster? We Asked the Anthropologist Investigating Sustainable Oyster Practices Through History

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Meet the Scientist Who Knows the Buzz About the Northern Giant Hornet

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Meet the Scientist Who Maps the World’s Past and Present Plants

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Meet the Scientist Who Studies How Polychaete Worms Wriggle Through the Ocean

A variety of dark gray to black magnetofossils shaped like ovals, cubes and needles cluster around each other.

Meet the Scientist Who Uses Magnetic Fossils to Navigate Changing Oceans

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Get to Know the Scientist Studying How Parasitic Flies Stomach Bat Blood

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Say Hello to the Scientist Using DNA to Track Plankton Diversity

Zoologist Melissa Hawkins holds a squirrel with gloved hands and observes it while in the woods during daylight.

Meet the Scientist Extracting Ancient DNA From Squirrels and Lemurs

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