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    Do caterpillars help cure cancer? It’s complicated.

    Alun Salt
    June 29, 2013
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    Intelligent but complex, it’s the like the opposite of the Daily Mail.

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    Alun Salt

    Alun (he/him) is the Producer for Botany One. It's his job to keep the server running. He's not a botanist, but started running into them on a regular basis while working on writing modules for an Interdisciplinary Science course and, later, helping teach mathematics to Biologists. His degrees are in archaeology and ancient history.

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