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  1. Earth

    The oldest place on Earth

    Antarctica may seem like the dead continent, but it once bustled with life — a little of which still survives.

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  2. Teacher’s Questions for Antarctica Alive

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  3. Brain

    Candy on the brain

    Imaging reveals brain regions that become active when you want someone else’s stuff.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Paralyzed rats walk again

    Treatment helps animals recover from spinal cord injuries.

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  5. Brain

    No ordinary zzz’s

    Anesthetics can put you in a coma — but that’s a good thing.

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  6. Teacher’s Questions for Coma

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  7. Animals

    Mammals feel the heat

    Scientists predict some animals won’t be able to keep up with Earth’s increasing temperatures.

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  8. Computing

    DNA takes notes

    Engineers develop a computer memory system based on living cells.

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  9. Animals

    Jelly babies

    Population of jellyfish-like creatures contains only young animals, no adults.

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  10. Chemistry

    Cool Jobs: People with a taste for chemistry

    Chemists contribute to food flavorings, fuel extraction and everything in between.

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  11. Earth

    Slowing ice flows

    New satellite study of glacier motion shows stop-and-go ice movement.

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  12. Space

    Black hole’s big gulp

    Astronomers say a bright flare in space shows where a black hole tore apart a star.

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