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  1. Animals

    Killer cats

    Puss may pose the single biggest threat to birds.

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  2. Engineering: The route to problem-solving

    Young researchers learn how math and science are used in the real world, from protecting eggs to delivering tap water.

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  3. Physics

    A smarter scan

    Scientists introduce a cheap and smart new device that gathers data in a flash.

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  4. Planets

    Home on the moon

    Astronomers say rocky moons orbiting distant planets might support alien life.

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  5. Fossils

    Dino-sized poop

    Ewww: Scientists use poop from living animals to estimate the size of dung dropped by T. rex and other dinos.

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  6. Climate

    Climate’s troublesome kids

    The recurring climate events El Niño and La Niña trigger long-lived changes to weather around the world.

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  7. Teacher’s Questions for Climate’s Troublesome Kids

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  8. Earth

    Piercing a buried polar lake

    Researchers in Antarctica drilled through a half-mile of ice to reach water that hasn’t had contact with the atmosphere for thousands of years.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Sleeping in space

    Volunteers face problems on a make-believe mission to Mars.

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  10. Brain

    Baby brain, adult disease

    Scientists find signs of Alzheimer’s disease in the brains of infants.

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  11. Animals

    Cool Jobs: Delving into dung

    Scientists uncover fascinating secrets through the study of animal feces.

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  12. Teacher’s Questions for Delving into Dung

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