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  1. Life

    Stem cells: The secret to change

    Unusual, versatile cells hold the key to regrowing lost tissues.

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  2. Teacher’s Questions for Stem cells: The secret to change

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  3. Chemistry

    Building a better battery

    Researchers develop a way to make batteries that hold more charge and don’t weaken with age.

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  4. When one question leads to another

    Young scientists find advantages to pursuing related problems — sometimes for years on end.

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  5. Animals

    No high notes for these blind fish

    Cave dwellers that can't see are also partially deaf.

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  6. Space

    New, older age for the universe

    Telescope peers back to see the first light after the Big Bang.

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  7. Chemistry

    A plant enemy’s enemy

    Plants use chemicals to recruit help in fighting off pests.

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  8. Planets

    Out-of-this-world atmospheres

    Light from a distant, giant world offers clues to the gases in its atmosphere.

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  9. Animals

    Big squid: All one family

    Genes show all giant squid belong to one, worldwide species.

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  10. Animals

    This shrimp packs a punch

    Researchers learn a lot from mantis shrimp, colorful marine creatures that possess deadly weapons and complex vision

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  11. Teacher’s questions for This Shrimp Packs a Punch

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  12. Animals

    Another buzz for bees

    Blooms are more memorable when their nectar contains caffeine.

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