Every spring and fall, millions of birds migrate long distances across North America: song sparrows, oven-birds, common yellowthroats, black-and-white warblers. Some, like the black-poll warblers, …
Lauren Miller Simkins
Glacial Geologist Lauren Miller Simkins studies the sediment beneath Antarctica's ice. What's the coldest you've ever been? Where were you then? The Nathaniel B. Palmer ship is an …
Lucianne Walkowicz
Stellar Astrophysicist Lucianne Walkowicz studies starlight as part of an effort to find planets in outer space that might host living beings. Do you think there's life on other planets? What do …
Luke A. Moe
You might think of microbes as “germs”: tiny organisms that make people sick. But our bodies contain ten times more microbes than cells of our own. Many of those microorganisms in our bodies and other …
Mahlet Garedew
People urge us to “reduce, reuse, and recycle.” Choose an item you value — something which other people might consider garbage. How do you use it? Where did you find it? Biosystems Engineer Mahlet …
Mala Radhakrishnan
Life is like chem, 'cause the goal's to be ableTo bond well with others so we can be stable All poems on this page are by Mala L. Radhakrishnan, a poet and a chemist. Check out Thinking …
Malik Coates
Software Engineer Malik Coates has helped develop video games and animated movies like How To Train Your Dragon. Now he works for Google Earth, helping people travel long distances right on their …
Manuel Lerdau
"I went into science because I thought nature was really cool." When he was nine, physiological ecologist Manuel Lerdau volunteered at a nature center near his Maryland home, cleaning out the cages of …
Marek Bennett
Marek Bennett studied math, music, and astronomy in college. Now he uses what he learned in his work as a cartoonist. Do you like to draw or to read graphic novels or comics? What do you draw? What …
Martha Zúñiga
Immunologist Martha Zúñiga studies the ways our bodies fight illness. Last time you were sick, what were your symptoms? How did you get better? If someone tells you that you have a major …
