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Kristy Hamilton is a science journalist who has written for WIRED, Science Magazine, Hakai Magazine, Mongabay and other publications. Her WIRED article was featured on the website's front page as a "Today's Picks," and The New York Times gave a shoutout to her article about a DNA test that helps law enforcement catch precious red coral smugglers in their Climate Forward weekly email newsletter.

Previously, she was a podcast host and video editor for Science Magazine. She has covered all-female expeditions to Antarctica, hitchhiked and ice-climbed in Hyalite Canyon, lived in the desert in an RV, frequently slept in the back of a van, moderated a conference on the sustainability of cell-based seafood, climbed in Yosemite and the Dolomites, ro ...more

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Nature's Wild Ideas: How the Natural World Is Inspiring Scientific Innovation

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“If you’ve managed to keep a creature in your fridge for longer than most Americans remain married, you probably know a thing or two about it. Tardigrades are found on every continent and at nearly all elevations: in deep-sea trenches, burbling hot springs, forest canopies, and desert dunes.”
― Kristy Hamilton, Nature's Wild Ideas: How the Natural World is Inspiring Scientific Innovation

tags: humor, nature, science

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“Although many of us may not leave riches to our families, we can bequeath them a legacy more precious than gold, more delicate than glass, and more monumental than fame: a world preserved in the amber of our protection.”
― Kristy Hamilton, Nature's Wild Ideas: How the Natural World is Inspiring Scientific Innovation

tags: inspirational, nature, nature-s-beauty, science

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“Biomimicry is not meant to be taken as an end-all, be-all; it serves as inspiration within a set of limitations. Evolution does not have an inventive mind like engineers, and animals have biological constraints such as the need to eat, reproduce, and defecate—necessities our products and machines can go without. However, biological designs can provide fresh solutions to old paradigms.”
― Kristy Hamilton, Nature's Wild Ideas: How the Natural World is Inspiring Scientific Innovation

tags: biomimicry, inspirational, nature, science

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