All Stories
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Environment
Getting the dirt on carbon
The circle of life continues thanks to the carbon cycle.
By Susan Gaidos -
Space
Watching deep-space fireworks
An orbiting telescope records the universe’s most powerful explosions.
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Animals
Sponges’ secret weapon
An aquatic animal provides a possible new kind of disease resistance.
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Tech
Supergoo to the rescue
The absorbent stuff in diapers may help clean up after a terrorist attack.
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Health & Medicine
Contemplating thought
Your brain is more complex than a computer, but the two are similar.
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Microbes
Hitting the redo button on evolution
Scientists are experimenting with bacteria to see if evolution plays out the same way every time.
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Animals
When Darwin got sick of feathers
The man who started evolutionary biology had some bad moments over a bird.
By Susan Milius