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  1. Animals

    Speedy sharkskin

    Tiny, toothlike bumps boost sharks’ swiftness.

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  2. Teacher’s Questions for Venomous Animals

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  3. Animals

    Fishy chatter

    Scientists record unidentified noises in the deep sea.

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  4. Finding a home in science

    Homeless teen finds fame, refuge in marine biology research.

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  5. Broadcom MASTERS overview video

    Broadcom MASTERS is the nation’s premier science, technology, engineering and math competition for 6th, 7th and 8th graders.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Losing control over sugar

    A common pollutant and sweetener mess with important hormones.

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  7. Climate

    Sudden big chill

    Earth’s climate cooled quickly at the beginning of the Little Ice Age, hundreds of years ago.

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  8. The White House welcomes science

    Students are honored at a special science fair at the president’s home.

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  9. Planets

    Worlds beyond the solar system

    Planet hunters have found hundreds of exoplanets, but none just like Earth.

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  10. Teachers’ Questions for exoplanets

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  11. Space

    Surprise ions

    A high-flying satellite reveals a crowd of charged particles in the magnetosphere.

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  12. Animals

    Costs of missing sleep

    Some fruit flies do fine without sleep, as long as they’ve got enough to eat.

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