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Health & MedicineDisease Detectives
This year's top young scientists faced medical challenges in labs at the National Institutes of Health.
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TechSpace umbrellas to shield Earth
A swarm of small spacecraft could help protect Earth from the sun's rays.
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TechA New Basketball Gets Slick
Sweat seems to make a new basketball for professional players more slippery.
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MathMath of the World
There's math in Native American beadwork, African fabrics, modern music, and even cornrow hairstyles.
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AnimalsDecoding how bees work
Analyzing the DNA code of honeybees may lead to a better understanding of bee societies.
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FossilsBattling Mastodons
Marks on fossil tusks suggest that male mastodons were fierce warriors.
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AnimalsLiving in the desert
Animals adapt in unusual ways to survive in some of the hottest, driest places on Earth.
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TechInvisibility Ring
Scientists have invented a ring-shaped device that's invisible to microwaves.
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BrainInternet Generation
For kids, the online world can be helpful in some ways and dangerous in others.
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AnimalsMating slows down prairie dogs
Mating season turns distracted male prairie dogs into easy pickings for predators.
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EarthThe Pacific Ocean’s bald spot
A large swath of seafloor at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean lacks sediment.