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

Planetary geologist Amanda Ostwald studies Martian meteorites to understand what makes Mars different from — and similar to — planet Earth

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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

A man wearing a white hard hat, neon vest, dark gray pants and yellow gloves sits in a pit of dark rock. Just below his knees is a boulder with a piece of lighter gray fossil sticking out of the top.

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

A pink and yellow worm is covered in several tangled strands of string-like gills.

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

Geolgist Cari Corrigan poses for a picture in the snow next to an American flag and a sign that reads "Geographic South Pole."

Get to Know the Geologist Collecting Antarctic Meteorites

Headshot of paleoanthropologist Briana Pobiner in a red sweater holding an early human skull up text to her face on white background.

Meet the Scientist Studying How Humans Started Eating Meat

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Say Hello to the Scientist Harvesting Clues About Ancient Gourds and Maize

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Meet the Smithsonian Fellow Alumni Helping to Save the Planet

This Volunteer Week, Get to Know the Smithsonian Volunteer Who Meticulously Curated Thousands of Tiny Crustaceans

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