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  1. Chemistry

    The secret life of fruit flies

    Scientists find that the most attractive scent for a fruit fly is no scent at all.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    The taste of bubbles

    Taste cell for sourness senses fizz, too.

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  3. Fossils

    Three strikes wiped out woolly mammoths

    Giant mammals went extinct thanks to climate, comet and people.

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  4. Environment

    Flu river

    Rivers polluted with Tamiflu could help a resistant flu strain develop in birds.

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  5. Humans

    Meet your mysterious relative

    Ardi climbed trees and walked on two legs 4.4 million years ago.

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  6. Tech

    Are cell phones safe?

    About 4 billion people use cell phones, but are they safe?

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  7. Space

    Not bone-dry after all: the moon holds water

    New moon studies turn up water on and under the lunar surface.

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  8. Math

    Shuffling shenanigans

    A magician-turned-mathematician figures out how many times to shuffle a deck of cards before playing Old Maid

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  9. Space

    Galaxies far, far, far away

    Images from the Hubble Space Telescope show galaxies that formed when the universe was a child.

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  10. Genetics

    Two monkeys see a more colorful world

    A genetic experiment changes the way monkeys see the world.

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  11. Chemistry

    The case of the headless ant

    Flies find and decapitate fire ants by tracking their venom.

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  12. Fossils

    Mini T. rex

    Scientists have unearthed a dinosaur skeleton that looks like a person-sized Tyrannosaurus rex.

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