What\u2019s a fun fact about your research that people may not know?<\/h4>\n\n\n\nWe\u2019re wrapping up some work on globular springtails at the moment and these tiny arthropods, which are likely in your backyard, do the fastest known backflip. When they jump they spin backwards at rates upwards of 370 flips\/sec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through the joint-appointed faculty, the Dueling Dinosaurs exhibit, and many other avenues for scientific discovery and communication come to life. When higher education institutions and museums work together, faculty, students and the general public all benefit.<\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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