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Rachel Crowell is a freelance math and science writer based in Iowa who has written for Eos, Scientific American, the American Mathematical Society, Science News for Students, The Open Notebook, and other publications. Crowell, who is a former AAAS Mass Media Fellow, holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and statistics from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.

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Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 12 November 201910 January 2023

Several dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way were likely stolen from the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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How Do Submarine and Terrestrial Canyons Compare?

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 6 November 201929 June 2022

Insights from a new study could spark discoveries about Martian landscapes and also help researchers get to the bottom of canyon formation here on Earth.

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What Makes for Ethical Citizen Science Research?

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 3 October 201921 March 2023

A new study explores questions of consent and coercion in citizen science.

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Golden State Blazes Contributed to Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 27 September 201913 February 2023

A new case study investigates causes and effects of California’s 2017 wildfire season.

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“Glass Pearls” in Clamshells Point to Ancient Meteor Impact

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 24 September 20197 March 2022

Research suggests that the spherical structures, smaller than grains of sand, may be microtektites, but additional investigations are needed to verify their identity.

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Researchers Reproduce Processes Behind Astrophysical Shocks

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 26 August 201913 October 2021

Studying shock precursors in a laboratory setting enables researchers to take a different look at the precursors’ properties and the physics behind them.

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Tropical Corals Are Migrating Away from Warming Waters

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 23 August 201914 December 2023

In the first global assessment of its kind, researchers discovered that coral recruitment is declining globally and throughout the tropics while increasing in the subtropics.

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This Bridge Monitors the Environment and Harnesses Tidal Energy

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 7 August 20199 May 2022

The “smart” Memorial Bridge spanning the Piscataqua is outfitted with a tidal turbine and more than 40 sensors.

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A Nearly 100-Year-Old Physics Model Replicates Modern Arctic Ice Melt

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 2 August 20195 January 2022

The model was previously used to describe the behavior of ferromagnets in the presence of external magnetic fields.

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How Ice Cores Are Helping to Track Preindustrial Ozone

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 29 July 20193 April 2023

Research helps allay concerns about discrepancies between atmospheric chemistry models and historical direct measurements.

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