U researchers collecting data to understand how human activity has shaped ecosystems in South Africa got help from an unusual assistant—Sparkles, the inflatable unicorn. Sparkles was used as a floating platform to operate study equipment. This image taken by Lynne Quick, a senior researcher at Nelson Mandela University, was a winner of the #ScientistAtWork photo contest from the journal Nature. Tyler Faith (left), associate professor of anthropology and curator of archaeology at the Natural History Museum of Utah; Stella Mosher (middle), geography doctoral student; Mitch Power (right), professor of geography and curator of plant collections at NHMU; and Kathryn Sokolowski (right arm visible), anthropology master’s student, are at work here.
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