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  1. Health & Medicine

    Eating Troubles

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

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  2. Animals

    Red Apes in Danger

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

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  3. 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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  4. Health & Medicine

    Spit Power

    Saliva provides clues about diseases, dental cavities, and who might have been at a crime scene.

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  5. Animals

    Polly shouldn’t get a cracker

    When female kakapo parrots go on a diet, they produce fewer male chicks.

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  6. Humans

    Early Maya writing

    Archaeologists have found the earliest known example of Maya writing.

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  7. Animals

    A whale’s amazing tooth

    The narwhal's long tusk may sense changes in water temperature and pressure, helping the sea animal survive in the Arctic.

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  8. Animals

    Professor Ant

    Certain ants can teach other ants the route to a food source.

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  9. Environment

    Plant gas

    Trees, grasses, and other plants may produce the greenhouse gas methane.

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  10. Physics

    Snowflakes and avalanches

    To protect people from avalanches, researchers are taking a close look at snowflakes and the snowpack.

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  11. Space

    A Moon’s Icy Spray

    Jets of icy particles stream from one of Saturn's moons.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Hear, Hear

    Listening to loud music or playing in a rock band without ear protection can lead to hearing loss.

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