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  IU biologist’s research on plant immune systems could increase crop yields, reduce costs for farmers

  June 10, 2025

  “Imagine that we could return half of the Midwest to prairie. We could increase the planet’s ability to capture carbon, restore our insect populations and restore our ecosystems to a better balanc... Read more about IU biologist’s research on plant immune systems could increase crop yields, reduce costs for farmers

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  In new book Wrecked, Wisconsin lawmaker, now IU grad student, connects America’s industrial decline to Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy

  June 9, 2025

  Fifty years after the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sunk below the icy waters of Lake Superior, a new book by Wisconsin political leader and current Indiana University graduate student Thomas Nelson offers... Read more about In new book Wrecked, Wisconsin lawmaker, now IU grad student, connects America’s industrial decline to Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy

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  IU biologists find that cannibalistic behavior in toad species may reveal hidden clues about evolution, genetics, and environment

  June 3, 2025

  A groundbreaking new study about tadpoles that turn into cannibals may sound like fodder for nature trivia, but it carries a much deeper message about evolution—and even about ourselves.