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The Climbing Secret Behind Monkey Bars with Luke Fannin
May 13, 2025
Ever wondered why kids instinctively love monkey bars? Or why apes move so deliberately in the trees? In this episode of Talking Apes, biological anthropologist Luke Fannin takes us on a journey through the evolution of climbing, exploring how primates, from ancient hominins to modern chimps, have adapted to life in the canopy. https://www.globio.org/luke/
[more]Interdisciplinary Dartmouth Team Receives NSF Funding to Study Flood Disaster Response and Mitigation
April 29, 2025
The Rural Rivers Project explores how social, technical, and ecological factors converge to impact flooding disasters in Vermont's inland river systems.
[more]Guarini PhD Student Sees Possibility in Polluted Places
April 2, 2025
Emily Sigman researches how to make maple syrup from trees in contaminated sites.
[more]Four Dartmouth Professors Named AAAS Fellows
March 27, 2025
The faculty are among 471 scientists and innovators to be honored this year.
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