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The Bob Dylan Archive includes 6,000 mostly unseen items from Dylan’s own personal collection, going back more than 50 years. (Courtesy of the Bob Dylan Archive, Tulsa, Oklahoma)

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Banana Slug Mark Davidson is the head archivist at the Bob Dylan Archive in Tulsa. Davidson earned a Ph.D. in cultural musicology from UC Santa Cruz in 2015. His dissertation focused on folk music during the New Deal.

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Scientists revealing what makes a body tick, tock

Scientists revealing what makes a body tick, tock

Writing in "The Conversation," biochemist Carrie L. Partch says she believes night owls may some day find relief through treatments that synchronize their cellular clocks.

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New tech promises major advances in telescopes

New tech promises major advances in telescopes

Researchers are developing new protective coatings for large silver-based telescope mirrors by adapting a technique widely used in the microelectronics industry.

Fiber-optic project brings speedy internet to region

Fiber-optic project brings speedy internet to region

Installation is complete on a fiber optic cable made possible by UC Santa Cruz that will bring reliable, speedy internet to underserved communities.

Century-old seal pelts reveal ecosystem changes

Century-old seal pelts reveal ecosystem changes

Scientists found valuable samples for comparison to modern Weddell seals in the huts of Antarctic explorers Ernest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott.

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