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  1. Environment

    Coral gardens

    An expedition to an undersea mountain reveals large corals, brilliant sponges, and other strange sea creatures.

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  2. Animals

    Killer Flatworms Hunt with Poison

    A newly discovered flatworm uses poison to hunt small, shelled sea creatures.

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  3. Planets

    Sizing up Pluto’s moon

    Pluto's rocky moon Charon appears to lack an atmosphere.

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  4. Computing

    Programming with Alice

    Creating animated movies provides a fun way to learn how to program a computer.

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  5. Tech

    Beyond bar codes

    A new tracking technology uses plastic tags that pick up and respond to radio waves.

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  6. Fossils

    A dino king’s ancestor

    Researchers have unearthed remains of the oldest known dinosaur of the tyrannosaur family.

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  7. Space

    Capturing the Stuff of Space

    A spacecraft brings comet grains and stardust back to Earth.

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  8. Climate

    Warmest year on record

    Last year's worldwide average temperature was the highest ever recorded by scientists.

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  9. Animals

    Poor Devils

    When Tasmanian devils bite each other, they may pass on a fatal disease.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Eating Troubles

    Researchers are zeroing in on what causes certain people to see food as the enemy.

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  11. Animals

    Red Apes in Danger

    The population of orangutans in northeastern Borneo appears to be falling rapidly.

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  12. Chemistry

    Mother-of-Pearl on Ice

    Scientists have found a way to copy the mother-of-pearl structures that oysters make.

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