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  1. Plants

    Whale-free perfume

    Tree gene trick is good news for people who like perfume made without sperm whale waste.

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  2. Humans

    World’s oldest pots

    Ice age people made cookware long before the rise of farming.

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  3. Sign up

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  4. Problems with ‘the scientific method’

    Scientists rarely follow one straightforward path to understanding the natural world.

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  5. Animals

    Chimp’s gift for numbers

    Translating numbers into colors may explain an animal’s apparent memory trick.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Kids with ‘adult’ problems

    Nationwide survey shows that children are headed toward serious health problems related to excess weight.

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  7. Brain

    Sweets on the brain

    Sugar-free sweeteners fool the body’s internal computer.

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  8. Animals

    Bye-bye, George

    Ambassador of endangered species everywhere dies from old age.

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  9. Space

    Life beyond Earth

    Are we alone? Scientists search for an extraterrestrial answer.

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  10. Teacher’s Questions for “Life beyond Earth”

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  11. Animals

    Skeeters ride the rain

    Mosquitoes survive collisions with raindrops by going with the flow.

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  12. Earth

    Venting volcanoes

    Eruptions release bromine, a chemical that destroys ozone layer.

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