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Elizabeth Svoboda

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cell biology

Cellular Life, Death and Everything in Between

By Elizabeth Svoboda
July 8, 2019
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The discovery that apparently dead cells can sometimes resurrect themselves has researchers exploring how far they can push the point of no return.

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On Waste Plastics at Sea, She Finds Unique Microbial Multitudes

By Elizabeth Svoboda
September 13, 2018
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Maria-Luiza Pedrotti is illuminating the unseen worlds of plastic-eating bacteria that teem in massive ocean garbage patches.

ecology

Cores From Coral Reefs Hold Secrets of the Seas’ Past and Future

By Elizabeth Svoboda
May 29, 2018
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Layered deposits of coral skeletons hold vast stores of environmental data from thousands of years ago, including annual records of ocean temperatures, water pollution and storm activity.

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neuroscience

Light-Triggered Genes Reveal the Hidden Workings of Memory

By Elizabeth Svoboda
December 14, 2017
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Nobel laureate Susumu Tonegawa’s lab is overturning old assumptions about how memories form, how recall works and whether lost memories might be restored from “silent engrams.”

evolution

Can Microbes Encourage Altruism?

By Elizabeth Svoboda
June 29, 2017
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If gut bacteria can sway their hosts to be selfless, it could answer a riddle that goes back to Darwin.

Marcus Feldman in his office at Stanford University, CA
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Finding the Actions That Alter Evolution

By Elizabeth Svoboda
January 5, 2017
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The biologist Marcus Feldman creates mathematical models that reveal how cultural traditions can affect the evolution of a species.

microbes

Below Our Feet, a World of Hidden Life

By Elizabeth Svoboda
June 16, 2015
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The soil teems with billions of hidden microbes. Researchers have begun to catalog how these organisms are changing the world.

About the author

Elizabeth Svoboda is a science writer in San Jose, California, and the author of What Makes a Hero? The Surprising Science of Selflessness. She also contributes to magazines including Discover, Newsweek, Aeon, and Nautilus.

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