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How labs are coping with Hurricane Harvey's devastating floods

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01 September 2017 Louise Prockter originally stated that a lot of the staff at the Lunar Planetary Institute lost all of their property. She misspoke and says it should be some of the staff that lost all of their property.

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    Louise Prockter originally stated that a lot of the staff at the Lunar Planetary Institute lost all of their property. She misspoke and says it should be some of the staff that lost all of their property.

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Marris, E. How labs are coping with Hurricane Harvey's devastating floods. Nature 549, 13–14 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2017.22542

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