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Kristen Witte

Kristen is an exhibit developer at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago Illinois. They hold a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Chicago. You can find Kristen on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KristenWitte

The Urban Water Cycle Needs an Energy Overhaul

by Kristen Witte | Science of the Outdoors

It starts two and half miles offshore (1,2). Five cylindrical stone structures called “cribs” gulp water from the vast expanse […]

The Push: Human Migration and Mosquito-Borne Disease

by Kristen Witte | Science of the Outdoors

By 1985, it was too late. Researchers detected a type of mosquito called Aedes albopictus, native to Southeast Asia, in […]

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