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  1. Math

    Exoplanet hunting, HIV-fighting and math garner big prizes for teens

    Winners of the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent search hunted exoplanets in new ways, tracked how HIV likes to hide and tackled some candy jar math.

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  2. Humans

    Grandmother can be good for grandkids — up to a point

    Women who live past their child-bearing years often help their grandchildren survive, data now suggest. But that help may depend on her age and how close by she lives.

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  3. Climate

    These teens have some ideas for stopping climate change

    If you could do one thing to stop climate change, what would it be? We asked some of the finalists at the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search.

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  4. Climate

    Wet and wild 2018 is officially fourth-hottest year

    Record rains and heat ravaged different parts of the world in 2018.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Analyze This: Most teens have been cyberbullied

    Name-calling was the most common type of six types of cyberbullying that surveyed teens reported.

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  6. Scientists Say: Latitude and Longitude

    Latitude is a measure of how far a location is north or south of the equator. Longitude is a measure of how far east or west a location is from the Prime Meridian.

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  7. Science & Society

    Students strike to spur adults into climate action

    Students worldwide are demanding action on climate change. Coordinated school strikes were slated to take place around the world on March 15.

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  8. Animals

    Bones show ancient marine reptile was a big baby

    A new study of a rare baby plesiosaur reveals that these marine reptiles were huge at birth, then continued to grow speedily.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Here’s why Rapunzel’s hair makes a great rope ladder

    The fairy tale ‘Rapunzel’ features a princess with a lifesaving head of hair. Could someone really use their hair as a ladder? Sort of.

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  10. Physics

    On the lookout for micro-missiles from space

    Speeding specks of space dust can damage spacecraft. But if they make it to Earth, these tiny rocks can offer lessons on how the solar system formed.

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  11. Space

    Caught on camera: A small rock hit the moon

    Photographers documented a rocky impact during January’s total lunar eclipse.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Could eating clay help manage weight?

    A new study suggests that clay could help soak up fat in the gut. In rats, it works as well as a weight-loss drug.

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