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Whale of a lesson
Once given up as all but extinct, the North Atlantic right whale is making a comeback
Posted in Animals
Tagged Amy Knowlton, baleen, biology, blubber, callosity, cetaceans, citizen science, conservation, ecology, entanglement, feature, fishing, genes, genetics, keratin, mammalogy, marine policy, marine science, Mark Baumgartner, Moira Brown, New England Aquarium, oceans, right whales, Saint Mary’s University, Scott Kraus, shipping, ships, Tim Frasier, whale oil, Whales, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Hair detectives
Scientists have found a way to figure out where a person is from and where he or she has been, just by looking at samples of the person’s hair.
Posted in Chemistry
Tagged forensic science, hair, keratin
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