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James Gaines

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James Gaines (@the_jmgaines ) is a freelance science journalist in Seattle, Washington. His work has appeared in outlets such as Nature, LiveScience, GOOD, Upworthy, and Atlas Obscura. He once had an alligator snapping turtle as a pet for about two hours.

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This Electric Powerboat Travels Above the Water lead image

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This Electric Powerboat Travels Above the Water

MAR 14, 2022

Chimpanzees Observed Applying Insects to Their Wounds lead image

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Chimpanzees Observed Applying Insects to Their Wounds

FEB 07, 2022

How Climate Change Will Shift the Farming Landscape for Coffee, Cashews and Avocados lead image

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How Climate Change Will Shift the Farming Landscape for Coffee, Cashews and Avocados

JAN 26, 2022

How Crowds Run When Bulls Charge lead image

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How Crowds Run When Bulls Charge

DEC 07, 2021

Iron Deposits in Pigeon Ears are Useless for Navigating lead image

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Iron Deposits in Pigeon Ears are Useless for Navigating

NOV 15, 2021

Fossil from Police Raid Reveals Spectacularly Preserved Pterosaur lead image

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Fossil from Police Raid Reveals Spectacularly Preserved Pterosaur

AUG 25, 2021

Glaciers Are Disappearing and So Too Might the Microbial Ecosystems Within lead image

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Glaciers Are Disappearing and So Too Might the Microbial Ecosystems Within

JUL 13, 2021

Tiny Crystals Point to Date Plate Tectonics Began lead image

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Tiny Crystals Point to Date Plate Tectonics Began

MAY 14, 2021

Making Salty Water Drinkable Also Makes Brine lead image

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Making Salty Water Drinkable Also Makes Brine

JAN 14, 2019

The Decline of the Largest Aspen Colony in the World lead image

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The Decline of the Largest Aspen Colony in the World

OCT 17, 2018