Author Sadia Sultana studies how the body responds to a bacterial infection and how the invading bacteria defend themselves from the human immune system.
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What can eggshell coloration tell us about female health and male behavior?
Author Kara Hodges studies eggshell coloration in house wrens to see if the color of the shells is related to female health. She also asks if male birds use shell color to decide how to care for their young.
Limited food intake and decision-making affects violence against Eswatini women
Author Brittnie Bloom explores how food insecurity and constrained agency contribute to intimate partner violence in Eswatini women and girls.
Nature as an ally in the fight against drug resistant superbugs
Author Juan Canchola makes natural products and tests them against bacteria to see if they can be used as antibiotics.
Are GMOs a threat? Exploring Views of Peru‘s Ban on Genetically Modified Organisms
Teddy Dondanville studies the GMO ban implemented in Peru. He looks at how different stakeholder groups view the GMO ban and questions the policy aim of the law.
Timing and continuity of heat waves affects sexual development in a turtle
Author Anthony Breitenbach studies how heat waves affect male or female development in the red-eared slider turtle.
Religious/Cultural Identity Politics in “Secular” US and Europe
Nick Mullins studies how religion and culture shape political life in North America and in Europe.
Evidence that offspring manage hormones produced by maternal stress
Dr. Amanda Wilson Carter works with turtles to study how stress hormones effect hatchling survivorship.
Effects of inbreeding in crickets
Kylie Hampton and Ian Rines use the decorated cricket to study effects of inbreeding. They mate crickets to each other and look at how inbreeding effects reproduction.
Horoscope haters beware: a turtle’s birthday may decide more than we think
Haley Nichols studies turtle behavior. She looks at how nesting season relates to the turtle’s ability to right itself when its on its back.
