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Maggy Benson and Dr. Joshua A. Bell sit at a table with several cell phones and various rocks and shells.

Unseen Connections – A Natural History of the Cellphone

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Maggy Benson and Meet Dr. David Hunt are at a table with several boxes, each with some pieces of bone.

Mummy Science – Natural and Cultural Preserved Remains

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Maggy Benson and Dr. Torben Rick are seated at a table with several furry specimens in front of them.

Island Biodiversity – Tracking Human Influences

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Maggy Benson and Dr. Sabrina Sholts are seated at a table with a black jar, several bones, a small human skeleton, and various tools.

How Bones Reveal Environmental Health

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Paleobiologist Advait Jukar touches a fossil elephant skull that is on a table next to other fossils.

Forgotten Elephants of Deep Time

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Emmanuel Kyei-Baffour, Maggy Benson and Molly Kampf seated at a table in a room full of card files and several specimens pictures and tools on the table.

Unlocking Hidden Worlds through Archaeology and Archives

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Host Maggy Benson and geologist Elizabeth Cottrell laugh after being sprayed with seltzer water on the set of a webcast.

Volcano Geochemistry - Windows to Earth's Interior

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Forensic anthropologist Kari Bruwelheide holds a human bone while talking with Maggy Benson during a Science How webcast.

Forensic Anthropology – Bone Whispering

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Maggy Benson and Dr. Cara Santelli at a table with examples of minerals and flasks of bacteria that can break down minerals.

Mineral Transformations – Demystifying Microbes

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Maggy Benson and geologist Dr. Michael Wise at a table that has gems, minerals, crystals. He is holding a large Quartz gem.

Mineral Dependence: Gemstones to Cellphones

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Geologist Ben Andrews and Maggy Benson at a table doing a demonstration with a tray of dry ice while wearing protective glasses.

How Volcanic Eruptions Send Materials Up and Out

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Maggy Benson and Dr. Cari Corrigan sitting at a table with rocks and pick..

Exploring the Solar System with Antarctic Meteorites

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