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Wudan Yan
Wudan Yan is an independent journalist in Seattle who writes about science and society.
Gabriel Acala
The Pandemic Is Undoing Field Researchers’ Oldest Assumption
With the right partners, scientists don’t have to visit their study sites to get good data.
Wudan Yan
April 7, 2021