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The corpus callosum, in red, connects the two hemispheres of the brain together.
New findings in split-brain science: Even minimal fiber connections can unify consciousness
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Teniswood, George Francis, "Polycystic kidney," Barts Health NHS Trust Archives, c1880-1893 CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Watercolor drawing showing two views of a polycystic kidney. One shows the external surface of the kidney, the other when the organ is bisected. Drawing given to the Museum by Dr. Draper Mackinder, MD, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
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Severe drought and heat in the central amazon turned Lake Tefé into a shallow spa, killing fish and endangered river dolphins.
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UC Santa Barbara materials scientist Omar Saleh
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Illustration by Brian Long
Artist's concept illustration showing a two-dimensional collection of interacting spins in a diamond lattice.
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Volunteer taxonomist Gustav Pauly from the Florida Museum of Natural History, left and SBC-LTER lab technician Darrin Ambat on a morning dive to retrieve Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures from the sea floor
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Paul Leonardi
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Bren Environmental Leadership fellows Caroline Smith (left) and Halia Fleming in Morro Bay, CA