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Spring | Summer 2025<\/h1>\n\n\n
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 A Face Only a Biologist Could Love<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The lowly dung beetle and other humble creatures may not be pretty, but to Clark researchers working at the frontiers of cancer, climate change, and medicine, they are stars.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Small but mighty<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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