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Rosa Vásquez Espinoza: Magnifying the world’s tiniest life forms

Babak Tafreshi photographs the night sky so humans can connect to it, and each other

Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz on microbes' life-sustaining properties

Geologist Jennifer Angel-Amaya on toxic metal pollution in the Amazon

Victoria Herrmann guards heritage sites from climate threats

Francesco Porcelli employs tech to answer ancient questions

'Plastics Detective’ Imogen Napper traces pollution to the source

Baker Perry: Forecasting weather on top of the world

Thiago Silva uncovers resilience in the Amazon’s floodplain forests

Alison Criscitello breaks new ground in science, mountaineering

Diego Ponce de Léon Barido: Powering up a low-carbon world

Ved Chirayath: Unearthing a world under the waves

Rosa Vásquez Espinoza: Magnifying the world’s tiniest life forms

Babak Tafreshi photographs the night sky so humans can connect to it, and each other

Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz on microbes' life-sustaining properties

Geologist Jennifer Angel-Amaya on toxic metal pollution in the Amazon

Victoria Herrmann guards heritage sites from climate threats

Francesco Porcelli employs tech to answer ancient questions

'Plastics Detective’ Imogen Napper traces pollution to the source

Baker Perry: Forecasting weather on top of the world

Thiago Silva uncovers resilience in the Amazon’s floodplain forests

Alison Criscitello breaks new ground in science, mountaineering

Diego Ponce de Léon Barido: Powering up a low-carbon world

Ved Chirayath: Unearthing a world under the waves

Rosa Vásquez Espinoza: Magnifying the world’s tiniest life forms

Babak Tafreshi photographs the night sky so humans can connect to it, and each other

Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz on microbes' life-sustaining properties

Geologist Jennifer Angel-Amaya on toxic metal pollution in the Amazon

Victoria Herrmann guards heritage sites from climate threats

Francesco Porcelli employs tech to answer ancient questions

'Plastics Detective’ Imogen Napper traces pollution to the source

Baker Perry: Forecasting weather on top of the world

Thiago Silva uncovers resilience in the Amazon’s floodplain forests

Alison Criscitello breaks new ground in science, mountaineering

Diego Ponce de Léon Barido: Powering up a low-carbon world

Ved Chirayath: Unearthing a world under the waves

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