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Can modern technology uncover the secrets of evolution?

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For example, sedimentary rocks deposited in low energy environments (e.g., As palaeontology draws on skills and knowledge from geology and biology, you can enter the field from either of these directions. Mass extinction — a widespread (global) and rapid decline in biodiversity in which many species die out.

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How do bacteria help and harm crops?

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Soybean is a high-energy, high-protein crop that is indispensable as animal feed. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) offers internships in different aspects of agricultural research: www.usda.gov/youth/career Meet Jong When I was younger, I was interested in natural sciences , including physics, biology, astronomy and geology.

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On the frontline of the biomedical revolution

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Global pandemics, antibacterial resistance, climate change and energy crises all have serious implications for human health, with specific challenges that only biophysics and biomedicine provide the answers to.” For about fifty years, the Brillouin scattering techniques we now use were only applied to physics and geology,” she says.

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