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Husker researchers pose in a blue-lit lab. From left are: Kevin Smith, Leland J. and Dorothy H. Olson Professor of political science; Heather Akin, associate professor of agricultural leadership, education and communication; Eileen Hebets, George Holmes Professor of biological sciences; Emma Brase, graduate student in psychology; and Mike Dodd, professor of psychology. Hebets has a tarantula on her right wrist.

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Husker researchers pose in a blue-lit lab. From left are: Kevin Smith, Leland J. and Dorothy H. Olson Professor of political science; Heather Akin, associate professor of agricultural leadership, education and communication; Eileen Hebets, George Holmes Professor of biological sciences; Emma Brase, graduate student in psychology; and Mike Dodd, professor of psychology. Hebets has a tarantula on her right wrist.

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