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In cicada emergence, a piggybacking parasite steals the show

One biologist drove cross-country not for the cicadas, but for the fungus that infects them.

This nature-inspired robot moves at a snail’s pace

The contraption uses water to act as lubricant and glue, just like snail mucus. 

Newsletter May 9, 2024: Sequencer’s climate streak

Plastics production alone will doom climate goals

Manufacturing plastics is a highly emissive process. The world needs to shrink production rapidly to stay within the 1.5 °C global temperature rise.

A few more thoughts on climate and borders

The Sequencer team chimes in

The public health crisis brewing behind bars

Incarceration leaves long-term impacts on an inmate's health. The staggering rates of incarceration transform those consequences into an epidemic.