All Stories
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Animals
Ultrasonic Frogs Raise the Pitch
Some frogs that live in noisy streams communicate by using ultrasonic calls.
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Brain
How Much Babies Know
By studying how babies choose things, researchers have discovered that babies are especially good at learning things that are essential for survival.
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Fossils
Mammals in the shadow of dinosaurs
Not all early mammals that lived in the age of dinosaurs were shy and retiring.
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Humans
A Volcano’s Deadly Ash
The discovery of long-buried skeletons and footprints suggests that a volcano could destroy Naples, Italy.
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Space
Predicting Solar Storms
Violent activity at and near the sun's surface produces giant storms that can affect Earth.
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Tech
A satellite of your own
Some kids are getting a chance to design, build, and launch an Earth-orbiting satellite.
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Animals
Cannibal Crickets
Hunger and danger keep a certain type of cricket hopping along in large swarms.
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Space
Spotlight on an Exploding Star
A sudden burst of radiation has drawn astronomers to the early stages of a star explosion.
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Health & Medicine
Taking a Spill for Science
Studying how and why people fall provides insights into movement and balance.
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Humans
Big woman of the distant past
A Stone Age skeleton represents our largest known female ancestor.
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Planets
Storm on Saturn
A spacecraft photographed the most powerful storm ever seen on Saturn.
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Environment
Coral gardens
An expedition to an undersea mountain reveals large corals, brilliant sponges, and other strange sea creatures.
By Emily Sohn