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Slime Molds: Oozing Between Boundaries

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A Greusome Tale: Reanimating the Dead

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Wormholes

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You Don't Smell Human

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Caliming Down Cujo

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The Science Behind Beer

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A Sage Guide to Being a Hermit

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Creatures of Tacoma

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(4) Pugettia producta (northern kelp crab). Animal Diversity Web. [accessed 2023]. https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Pugettia_producta/

(5) Nuttall’s cottontail (rabbit). Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife. [accessed 2023]. https:// wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/species/sylvilagus-nuttallii

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Book Reviews

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(2) Rosenbloom M. Dark Archives: A librarian’s investigation into the science and history of books bound in human skin. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux; 2020.

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