This is the second installment of a five-part series. See Part 1 first; then go on to Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5.&nbsp; Lauren R. Weinstein is a cartoonist, cartooning teacher, and avid gardener who lives in scenic Maplewood, New Jersey. She is currently working on a teenage memoir entitled,&nbsp;How to Draw a Nose.

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Genetics

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Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano is a Research Fellow for Future Issues and Technology at Nanyang Technological University.

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Dayana Alagirova is a Ph.D. Student in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Margaret E. Kosal is a Professor of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Astronomy

Many Space Missions Are Searching for Life Beyond Earth—But Are We Prepared for the Fallout If They Succeed?

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<div class="individual-author">Chris Woolston is a largely unsupervised freelance writer who lives in Billings, Montana.</div>
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Your Boss Is Watching You

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Ancient Coins Reveal a Wealth of Information About the Roman Republic

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Devin Reese is the executive editor of Natural History and a science writer based in Alexandria, Virginia.

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How an Inbred Snake Invader Took Over an Island Paradise