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  • August 26, 2016
    Doing Science: The Oxygen Crisis, or, Sometimes These Things Name Themselves
    by Emily Helliwell
  • July 14, 2016
    Doing Science: Our Brains, Our Guts, And What We Consider to Be Ourselves
    by Emily Helliwell
  • June 15, 2016
    Doing Science: The Do’s and Don’ts of Eating Lunch with Visiting Seminar Speakers
    by Emily Helliwell
  • May 11, 2016
    Doing Science: On the Importance of Talking to Creationists
    by Emily Helliwell
  • April 20, 2016
    Doing Science: Bow Down to Your Gooey Grey Nanolords
    by Emily Helliwell
  • March 28, 2016
    Doing Science: The Sad Tale of Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov and His Beautiful Theory
    by Emily Helliwell
  • February 9, 2016
    Doing Science: Cheating Death, and Skipping Winter While You’re At It
    by Emily Helliwell
  • January 22, 2016
    Doing Science: The Zombie Apocalypse is Upon Us, If We Are Ants
    by Emily Helliwell
  • December 17, 2015
    Doing Science: Do It Yourself Science
    by Emily Helliwell
  • November 25, 2015
    Doing Science: The Wonkiness of Pure Bloodlines, and Their Unexpected Upsides
    by Emily Helliwell
  • October 28, 2015
    Doing Science: The Earth is Collapsing In On Itself, But Make Sure You Get a Good Night’s Sleep
    by Emily Helliwell
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