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malaria, 38, 45                    kelp, 42
               microbe research and               manatees, 42
                 probiotic treatment, 29–31       sea grass, 25
               patient-led research, 52–53      Ocean Networks Canada, 35
              Melgert, Fred, 26                 Orangutan Nest Watch, 42
              Mendel, Gregor, 9                 O’Toole, Amy, 20
              Meyer, Nancy J., 52
              Meysman, Filip, 59                Parker, Don, 13–14, 17
              Michelucci, Pietro, 46            patient-led research, 52–53
              microbes, 29–31                   PatientsLikeMe, 53
              micrometeorites, 8, 10            pattern recognition
              Mission Creek Corrections           by computers, 37, 41–42, 43
               Center for Women (Belfair,         by humans, 35, 38–40
               Washington), 29                  Philly Unleaded, 57–58
              monarch butterflies, 21–22, 23    Phrase Detectives (computer
              Monarch Watch, 22–23                game), 43
              Moss-in-Prisons project, 29       physics, 38
                                                Planet Hunters, 39–40
              Nadkarni, Nalini, 29              plants
              Nanjing, China, 58–59               ash tree diseases, 45–46
              National Aeronautics and            desert flowers, 26
               Space Administration, 40–41        kelp, 42
              National Audubon Society,           in rainforests, 43
               5–6, 23–24                         sea grass, 25
              National Geographic Society,      pollution
               26                                 air, 59
              National Institutes of Health,      fighting, 28–29
               32–33, 33                          fracking chemicals, 55
              nature, sharing observations        marginalized communities
               of, 26                               and, 52, 53–54
              noise pollution, 28–29              noise, 28–29
              Noise Tube, 28–29                   oil spills, 49–50, 56
                                                  water quality, 56–59
              ocean life                        prison science, 29
               feeding habits, 35               probiotic therapies, 30–31



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