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YOUNG https://methods.sciencefriday.com/about daily 0.75 2020-04-10 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5c06d05b40ec9acb4eef6cd7/5e900464108751091cf33f70/1586496856667/luke-bts.jpg About - a man in a science friday shirt stands behind a video camera with lighting gear behind him. he's filming a lab bench https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5c06d05b40ec9acb4eef6cd7/5cf99df6cf0e160001768c0e/1586496851283/AZ+in+Helo.jpg About - A woman in a helmet is flying in a chopper. 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Paleontologists have found fossils of this early dinosaur in the Chinle Formation in New Mexico. Illustration by Franz Anthony https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5c0056b04d7a9c2d5797f2e5/5c06e7748a922d1f16efbe1e/1544200593875/Phyto+Skull+-+IMG_9128.jpg The Mass Extinction Detectives Another large phytosaur skull still equipped with some of its teeth is being prepared in the lab at the Natural History Museum of Utah. Photo by Lauren J. Young https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5c0056b04d7a9c2d5797f2e5/5c06e77170a6adbb29c67880/1544142245333/Phyto+Skull+-+IMG_9104.jpg The Mass Extinction Detectives Phytosaurs barred many large teeth, as you can see here from the front tooth on this skull being prepped in the museum’s lab. Photo by Lauren J. Young https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5c0056b04d7a9c2d5797f2e5/5c06e7712b6a2828ec9b18e2/1544143978473/Phyto+Skull+-+IMG_8965.jpg The Mass Extinction Detectives The phytosaur skull dug up in August in Indian Creek was a big fossil find for Irmis and his team, but it was just the third to be found in the area so far. This skull preserved in collections at the Natural History Museum of Utah was brought back during a separate trip to the Indian Creek area. Photo by Lauren J. Young https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5c07000003ce64f808690e18/1544050784420/scifri_phytosaur-smilosuchus.jpg The Mass Extinction Detectives While these phytosaurs swishing in Triassic waterways may look similar to modern-day crocodilians, the mighty beasts are not related to crocodiles or alligators. Illustration by Franz Anthony https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5c0700bacd836644ec3c209c/1544026830064/ The Mass Extinction Detectives If you casted out a fishing line into the Triassic seas, you’d probably catch a species of ammonite, says Ritterbush. While this abundant group survived into the Cretaceous, the ammonites were hit hard during the End Triassic mass extinction along with other shelled marine animals. Illustration by Franz Anthony https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5c005af4562fa7d90ddb40c0/1544026830092/IMG_7985.jpg The Mass Extinction Detectives This red muddy rock is prehistoric soil from the Triassic period. The globular nodules contain calcium carbonate, which can be analyzed for its carbon isotope values. Photo by Lauren J. Young https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5c09be001ae6cf6db26d0ba4/1558968925887/RandyBrushing1_highqual4.gif The Mass Extinction Detectives Randy Irmis brushes away at the phytosaur skull fossil site out in Indian Creek. Video by Lauren J. Young https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5c0701964ae237b177ffb21a/1544140850129/scifri_polarbear_test.png The Mass Extinction Detectives Are we already in a sixth mass extinction? A polar bear stands on cracking ice. Illustration by Franz Anthony https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5c0045ee4ae2374f1a41180a/5c06e2fa0e2e721166252509/1544141887857/3+Site+Slideshow+-+IMG_7406.jpg The Mass Extinction Detectives - a man with a wide brimmed hat extended his arm over a block of rock out in the desert Andrew Milner, the site paleontologist and curator at the Dinosaur Track Museum St. George in southwestern Utah, joins Irmis on this field expedition. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5c0045ee4ae2374f1a41180a/5c06e2fb4ae2370877e95d47/1544141964409/6c+Site+Slideshow+-+IMG_7491-2.jpg The Mass Extinction Detectives - three men huddle around a piece of rock with hand tools, excavating a fossil out in the desert Irmis, Milner, and Rock squeeze next to each other around the phytosaur skull. One misstep on the narrow ledge would end in a tumble down the steep incline. Explore more of what it’s like to dig up fossils with paleontologists. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5c0045ee4ae2374f1a41180a/5c06e2fb03ce64685bbb4a6e/1544141932500/5b+Site+Slideshow+-+IMG_7439.jpg The Mass Extinction Detectives - The roof of the phytosaur’s mouth. three thin long bones running vertically are revealed in the rock The roof of the phytosaur’s mouth. Volunteer, and pizza delivery man, Cody Rock was the team member to first spot the phytosaur skull in the rock. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5c0045ee4ae2374f1a41180a/5c06e2f940ec9a0b5a97611d/1544141841766/1+Site+Slideshow+-+IMG_7294.jpg The Mass Extinction Detectives - three people hike up a steep incline during a bright sunny day Sheer heights, roasting heat, and eye-tearing dust can’t stop a fossil hunter from prospecting and digging for dino gold. It was about an hour-long hike from the car up the steep desert slopes. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5c0045ee4ae2374f1a41180a/5c06e2f988251ba5f33f765c/1544141866573/2+Site+Slideshow+-+IMG_7811.jpg The Mass Extinction Detectives - a man with a baseball cap covered in dust holds up a rock and inspects it closely in the desert Randall Irmis, a paleontologist and curator at the Natural History Museum of Utah. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5c0059b9352f532597cc367d/5c06e48d352f530846f50d40/1544144073738/Museum+Gallery+-+IMG_9027.jpg The Mass Extinction Detectives Back at the museum, is where the real research begins. Here, Irmis can analyze different phytosaur and Triassic fossils. Photo by Lauren J. Young https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5c0059b9352f532597cc367d/5c06e48f032be4e4730b8a47/1544144178247/Museum+Gallery+-+IMG_9086.jpg The Mass Extinction Detectives Small hand tools and vials are covered in dust in the prep lab. As the researchers get fossils ready, removing rock can send a lot of dust into the air, which is sucked up by vents hanging overhead. Photo by Lauren J. Young https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5c0059b9352f532597cc367d/5c06e48d6d2a7386361744b6/1544144279109/Museum+Gallery++-+IMG_9197.jpg The Mass Extinction Detectives A toy Godzilla looks over broken fossils as they set in the sandbox. Photo by Lauren J. Young https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5c0059b9352f532597cc367d/5c06e49a03ce64685bbb6f6f/1544144078730/Museum+Gallery+-+IMG_9201.jpg The Mass Extinction Detectives Here in the prep lab, fossils are carefully extracted from the rock and readied for the collection. 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The Antarctic Sun is published by the National Science Foundation-managed U.S. Antarctic Program. Reproduced with permission. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5d38c755420f13000151621c/1578081071134/Science+Friday+GIF-downsized_large+%282%29.gif The Continental Outlier This shows the annual progression of ozone over the Southern Hemisphere from 1979 to 2018 recorded every November. The deeper blues and purples indicate where there is the least amount of ozone, while yellows and reds show where levels are the highest. Video by NASA Ozone Watch https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5cf55cb2b822600001118eee/1563819654331/IMG_0635-1-2.jpg The Continental Outlier Founding member of the McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER, Diane McKnight in the field. Photo courtesy Diane McKnight https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5d38c4c911e8be00014bcd0f/1578081071130/Antarctica_WrightValley_Measuring.gif The Continental Outlier Stream technician Jade Lawrence measures stream flow in the Onyx River at one of two sites monitored continuously for nearly 50 years. Video by Ariel Zych https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5d371edb1f9d420001345b66/1578081071075/mike-gooseff-min.jpg The Continental Outlier Mike Gooseff’s quick pace can be difficult to keep up with as he hikes between field sites. Gooseff is the lead principal investigator for the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Project. Photo by Ariel Zych https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cebfa5d1905f4a0b95848c2/5d3747cf51066100010b119b/1578081071154/Wright%2BValley%2BPhotos-089-min.jpg The Continental Outlier The Stream Team members in helicopter transit to the Onyx River in Wright Valley. Photo by Ariel Zych https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cebfa5d1905f4a0b95848c2/5d3747b3d459bb000183aab3/1578081071151/Strm%2Btm%2Bphoto-069-min.jpg The Continental Outlier The kitchen at the F6 hut. Photo by Ariel Zych https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cebfa5d1905f4a0b95848c2/5d37479e0be65f0001585b36/1578081071148/Taylor%2BValley-536-min.jpg The Continental Outlier Field technicians wait for a load to be secured before departing to McMurdo Station. Photo by Ariel Zych https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cebfa5d1905f4a0b95848c2/5d3747860be65f00015859ec/1578081071145/Taylor%2BValley-145-2-min.jpg The Continental Outlier Research teams meet up at Lake Fryxell field camps in Taylor Valley. Photo by Ariel Zych https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cebfa5d1905f4a0b95848c2/5d37476c4e85ff0001ccbdba/1578081071141/Taylor%2BValley-240%2B2%2B%281%29-min.jpg The Continental Outlier Gooseff at the F6 hut. Photo by Ariel Zych https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cebfa5d1905f4a0b95848c2/5d374752e66590000196e0d9/1578081071137/Strm%2Btm%2Bphoto-077-min.jpg The Continental Outlier Life at field hut, F6 in the Dry Valleys. Photo by Ariel Zych https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cebfa5d1905f4a0b95848a2/5d371f612f88b60001ae81cd/1578081071096/Taylor%2BValley-679-min.jpg The Continental Outlier Mike Gooseff with his light red overcoat hood up over his head, working a box of lab equipment. He is standing in front of a bank of water on a rocky shore. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cebfa5d1905f4a0b95848a2/5d371f05504f90000178366f/1578081071078/Taylor%2BValley-590-2-min.jpg The Continental Outlier a woman carrying a lot of gear hikes in a rocky barren terrain. to the left is a small bank of water and behind is the edge of a glacier. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cebfa5d1905f4a0b95848a2/5d371f8570baf10001a75c93/1578081071099/Taylor%2BValley-631-2-min.jpg The Continental Outlier two men with sunglasses and a woman in a yellow beanie and sunglasses smile in a gray rocky landscape. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cebfa5d1905f4a0b95848a2/5d371f431f9d420001346409/1578081071092/Taylor%2BValley-652-2-min.jpg The Continental Outlier green filamentous algae piled up in shallow water over rocks and some frost https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cebfa5d1905f4a0b95848a2/5d371fa43f499d0001586a1b/1578081071102/Wright%2BValley%2BPhotos-626-min.jpg The Continental Outlier a beautiful landscape shot of white, baby blue capped mountains. below at the base of the mountain is a large glacier https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cec20764e17b65333e5c418/5d37424bbf83980001dfb6fd/1578081071127/terranova-crew-VAM-min.jpg The Continental Outlier The team of Scott’s 1910-1913 British Antarctic Expedition. Photo by Herbert G. Ponting/© Victoria and Albert Museum, London https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cec20764e17b65333e5c418/5d374215bf83980001dfb257/1578081071124/scott-terranova-LOC-min.jpg The Continental Outlier Scott writes some of his last words in his diary. While he ultimately reached the South Pole along with four other members of the crew, a Norwegian team beat him by about 33 days. Scott and the other men in his party died on the return journey. Photo by Herbert G. Ponting/Library of Congress https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cec20764e17b65333e5c418/5d3741f7d459bb0001832a75/1578081071121/terranova-ship-VAM-min.jpg The Continental Outlier The Terra Nova sits in a pack of ice in Antarctica. Photo by Herbert G. Ponting/© Victoria and Albert Museum, London https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cec20764e17b65333e5c418/5d3741db51066100010a884b/1578081071118/terranova-dogteam-VAM-min.jpg The Continental Outlier A dog team rests on the icy, mountainous terrain. Photo by Herbert G. Ponting/© Victoria and Albert Museum, London https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cec20764e17b65333e5c418/5d3741c110a4c50001f5fd42/1578081071115/wright-taylor-grotto-LOC-min.jpg The Continental Outlier Thomas Griffith Taylor and Charles S. Wright stand in the mouth of the Grotto Iceberg. They both survived Scott’s 1910 Terra Nova expedition. Photo by Herbert G. Ponting/Library of Congress https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cec20764e17b65333e5c418/5d37419fff8a2f000138adcf/1578081071113/terranova-castleberg-VAM-min.jpg The Continental Outlier A party member of the British Antarctic Expedition journeys by dogsled in front of a weathered iceberg, nicknamed “The Castle Berg.” Photo by Herbert G. Ponting/© Victoria and Albert Museum, London https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cec20764e17b65333e5c418/5d374183dd42f80001fc4643/1578081071109/terranova-bay-LOC-min.jpg The Continental Outlier The ship Terra Nova, in McMurdo Sound. Photo by Herbert G. Ponting/Library of Congress https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5cec20764e17b65333e5c418/5d37416437a80c0001943a8b/1578081071105/scott-skis-1913-min.jpg The Continental Outlier Captain Robert Falcon Scott, on skis in the Antarctic. Leading the 1901 to 1904 Discovery Expedition, Scott and his crew were the first to discover the Dry Valleys. This photo was taken on his final ill-fated attempt to be the first to reach the geographic South Pole during the 1910 British Antarctic Expedition, also known as the Terra Nova Expedition. Photo by Herbert G. Ponting, 1913/Library of Congress https://methods.sciencefriday.com/cancer-dogs daily 0.75 2022-01-02 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5e8ba86d1b747f69380d22ec/1587398879180/vials+of+blood+plasma The Dogs Sniffing Out Hidden Cancer The blood plasma that the team uses. Credit: Daniel Peterschmidt https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5e8912925ad4505403e63a17/1587398879287/George+Preti+and+Young+Lee The Dogs Sniffing Out Hidden Cancer George Preti with his research assistant, Young Lee. Credit: Daniel Peterschmidt https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5e8912fd842fcc315c97780a/5e89135c9b6208253a580694/1587398879280/IMG_9977.jpg The Dogs Sniffing Out Hidden Cancer A Darth Vadar and Storm Trooper figurine from the Star Wars films sit on top of a computer drive, labeled “Preti Lab.” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5e8912fd842fcc315c97780a/5e8912fee8170a5ffa1181fd/1587398879263/IMG_9854.jpg The Dogs Sniffing Out Hidden Cancer The front of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, a brick building with a giant gold statue of a human nose. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5e8912fd842fcc315c97780a/5e8913ac5ad4505403e662b3/1587398879283/IMG_9870.jpg The Dogs Sniffing Out Hidden Cancer A yellowing newspaper clipping from Science Observer is taped to the wall of Preti’s lab that reads “Better Living Through Chemistry.” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5e8912fd842fcc315c97780a/5e891338138b9761ef948970/1587398879277/IMG_9866.jpg The Dogs Sniffing Out Hidden Cancer A glass partition is covered with chemical formulas, equations, and measurements in dry erase marker. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5e8dffd2f37df041eed5e163/1587398879177/Jody+Plitz-Seymour+-+ophthalmologist+based+in+Philadelphia The Dogs Sniffing Out Hidden Cancer Jody Piltz-Seymour. Credit: Jody Piltz-Seymour https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5e892855bdeecc11b760175f/5e892899959bb658fc074f53/1587398879227/IMG_9645.jpg The Dogs Sniffing Out Hidden Cancer A trainer at the Working Dog Center sits in a chair next to Ivey, who looks up with alert ears up. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5e892855bdeecc11b760175f/5e8928568c5a9226d7c70edd/1587398879207/IMG_9842.jpg The Dogs Sniffing Out Hidden Cancer A German shepherd, Ivey, sits alert on a training course. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5e892855bdeecc11b760175f/5e892874fcc46f5d09078cda/1587398879220/IMG_9606.jpg The Dogs Sniffing Out Hidden Cancer A sign taped to a wall in the center reads “There is no such thing as a difficult dog, only an inexperienced owner.” — Barbara Woodhouse https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5e892855bdeecc11b760175f/5e8928cb1b981f2a96a6aaed/1587398879247/IMG_9571.jpg The Dogs Sniffing Out Hidden Cancer A portrait of a dog hangs on the wall next to the American flag. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5e892855bdeecc11b760175f/5e8928fde8170a5ffa148031/1587398879260/IMG_9826.jpg The Dogs Sniffing Out Hidden Cancer A dog with its tongue hanging out runs through a yellow tunnel. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5e892855bdeecc11b760175f/5e8928db05fde74b6f45fdc7/1587398879257/IMG_9580.jpg The Dogs Sniffing Out Hidden Cancer Ivey leaps up in the air catching a red ball in her mouth inside the exercise room https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5e8bfc845a255f19a8946dc9/1587398879290/Johnson%27s+smell+detection+machine+made+of+carbon+nanotubes The Dogs Sniffing Out Hidden Cancer Credit: Daniel Peterschmidt https://methods.sciencefriday.com/valley-fever daily 0.75 2021-10-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5ea2182e5969793cdaf14f23/1606954007525/lung-x-ray-cocci.jpg Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever The cobweb-like shadows in this chest X-ray are signs of pulmonary fibrosis from valley fever. Since these shadows also resemble those seen in other lung diseases, including tuberculosis or lung cancer, a chest X-ray needs to be coupled with other testing, as well as possible tissue biopsy. The amount of scarring found in the X-ray can show the severity of the fungal infection. Credit: CDC/Public Domain https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5ea1c57142bab83b0a1ee09c/1606954068935/SEM+C.+posadasii+spherules+grown+in+liquid+culture.jpg Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever A scanning electron microscope image of the spherules of Coccidioides posadasii, one of the species of fungus that causes valley fever. The species is named after Argentinian physician Alejandro Posadas who was the first to identify the disease in a 33-year-old cavalryman in San Juan in 1892. Credit: Bridget Barker https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5ea1d6878a69565699e11376/1587681746708/bridget-barker-team.jpg Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever Barker (right) and her team sample in the field. Credit: Bridget Barker https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5ea1d86e2ff9622fea4895a2/1587681869935/basketball-hoop-sunset-bakersfield.jpg Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever Bakersfield, California. Credit: Lauren J. Young https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5ea1c515ba60951860095fd0/1587681259727/_A9A2744.jpg Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever Arthur Charles is a resident of Bakersfield, in the southern Central Valley of California. He works as a major league baseball recruiter and rec specialist at West Side Recreation and Park District. Credit: Kerry Klein/KVPR https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5ea1d65af38c3a5c41fcd7d5/1606954209695/anh-diep-holding-cocci Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever Anh Diep studies Coccidioides in the lab. Read more about the surge in valley fever research at California universities on KVPR Valley Public Radio. Credit: Lauren J. Young https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5ea1d83661324023e8d6d425/1587681888746/grape-orchard-country-roads-fresno Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever Fresno, California. Credit: Lauren J. Young https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5ea1cc0336d620033ce87f04/5ea1cd08c2f45a086864746f/1587681607624/IMG_8678.jpg Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever Two petri dishes of fungi. On the left, the fungal is all white. On the right, the fungal colony is tainted red. The researchers suspect a contamination. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5ea1cc0336d620033ce87f04/5ea1cc908c6d945f5571c075/1587681567447/IMG_8662.jpg Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever A scientist shows another researcher a petri dish covered in white puffy colonies of fungus. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5ea1cc0336d620033ce87f04/5ea1cc2a42bab83b0a207f5e/1587681467326/IMG_8724.jpg Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever A woman wearing a lab coat and gloves looks through a microscope in a lab. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5ea1cc0336d620033ce87f04/5ea1ccc2c2f45a08686460e7/1587681546073/IMG_8652.jpg Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever Two women scientists in a lab. They are placing petri dishes under a ventilated hood. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5ea1d4708a69565699e07e9f/5ea284bb9fcc4924715ed8ed/1587709145968/21609.jpg Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever - two circles bunched together of white furry fungus on an agar plate https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5ea1d4708a69565699e07e9f/5ea1d477e1d4b43441590dfb/1587681695787/21608.jpg Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever - a large mass of furry white fungal growth on an agar plate https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5ea1d4708a69565699e07e9f/5ea1d471cbd0101526223f11/1587681706923/20827.jpg Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever - three circular spots of white furry fungal growth on an agar plate https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5ea1d4708a69565699e07e9f/5ea1d47187361042f4a8bb80/1587681733664/20828.jpg Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever - a group of circulate spots of fungal growth covering an agar plate. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5ea1d6e2c2f45a086866fc21/1587707462730/dusty-bad-air-day-fresno.jpg Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever The setting sun highlights a dusty haze that lingers in the San Joaquin Valley. Taken in Fresno on November 25, 2019. Credit: Lauren J. Young https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5ea1da84c6d068732e81ca79/5ea1da847200416a64be522d/1587739432034/_A9A2733.jpg Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5ea1da84c6d068732e81ca79/5ea1da8d5d47656b637f406e/1587739427157/Taft-Valley-Fever-Run-Walk-2.jpg Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/5ea1da84c6d068732e81ca79/5ea1da84f38c3a5c41fdf3c7/1587739421074/_A9A2738.jpg Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b463a8cc3c16a46ffd55ad3/t/5ea1d90642bab83b0a23b246/1587681939476/an+animation+of+a+map+with+purple%2C+blue%2C+and+pink+expanding+towards+the+east+and+north+with+time Fighting The Fungus Of Valley Fever Read more about the study at KVPR Valley Public Radio. 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