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  1. Animals

    Motion in the ocean

    Scientists figure out why pulsing corals pulse.

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  2. Brain

    Perfect pacifier

    In people and mice, carrying a baby calms it.

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  3. Tech

    ‘Print’ almost anything

    3-D printers allow people to build almost anything they can imagine — from toys to food, buildings to body parts.

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  4. Teacher’s Questions for ‘Print’ almost anything

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  5. Health & Medicine

    New life for a used organ

    Scientists transplant a rebuilt kidney into a rat.

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  6. Science on the South Lawn

    The White House hosts scores of student researchers.

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  7. Microbes

    Deadly new flu

    The germ responsible carries genes from other flu viruses.

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  8. Computing

    A switch for a living computer

    Scientists are finding that computer parts can also be built from DNA.

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  9. Brain

    The stuff of dreams

    Computer program decodes dreams, finds similar brain activity patterns for objects seen while asleep or awake.

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  10. Animals

    Infectious animals

    Critters spread many germs that can sicken each other — and even kill people.

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  11. Teacher’s Questions for Infectious Animals

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  12. Animals

    Explainer: People can sicken animals

    Wildlife can sometimes become infected with germs shed by people.

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