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Marcia Bjornerud is a professor of geology at Lawrence University and the author of <a href="https://nautil.us/geology-makes-you-time_literate-237196/">Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World.</a> She is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and was a 2000-2001 Fulbright Scholar.

Marcia Bjornerud

Sociology

Geology Makes You Time-Literate

Eli Kintisch

History

The Science Hidden In Your Town Name

Azeen Ghorayshi

General

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Jim Davies is a professor at the Department of Cognitive Science at Carleton University. He is co-host of the award-winning podcast Minding the Brain. His latest book is Being the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are: The Science of a Better You.

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Geology Makes You Time-Literate

The Science Hidden In Your Town Name

What Makes Mysterious Orbs Shine Over a West Texan Desert?

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Reading Lines in the Earth Like Lines in a Book

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