Under construction
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Stanford University neurobiologist Carla Shatz reported at a 1991 Society for Neuroscience meeting that the human brain appears to erect a scaffold-like skeletal framework during periods of reconstruction, then dismantles it when finished.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1992
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The plankton stalkers
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Oceanographers are using a system called a video plankton recorder to learn about the density and distribution of the mite-sized plants and animals. The one drawback to the technique is that only small amounts of water are sampled.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1992
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Jane Goodall: Gombe's famous primate
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Prominent primatologist Jane Goodall has taken her lifelong passion for primate research into a social context, by becoming the advocate for animal rights in medical research and the establishment of animal sanctuaries.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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