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  1. Animals

    Awake at Night

    Mutant fruit flies can get by with less sleep than these insects normally need.

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  2. Planets

    Solving a Sedna Mystery

    Astronomers are learning more about the most-remote object known in the solar system.

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  3. Chemistry

    Popping to Perfection

    Scientists have uncovered why some popcorn kernels stay unpopped in the microwave.

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  4. Animals

    Putting a Mouse on Pause

    A gas known as hydrogen sulfide can put mice into a state resembling hibernation.

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  5. Brain

    Lightening your mood

    Bright light may help some people who are seriously depressed feel better.

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  6. Space

    Return to Space

    NASA is readying the space shuttle Discovery for its first launch in more than 2 years.

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  7. Fossils

    Dinosaur Eggs-citement

    Scientists have found dinosaur eggs, with their shells on, inside a female dino fossil.

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  8. Animals

    Doing the Bob

    A crane's jerky neck movements may allow the bird to see its food more clearly.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Food for Life

    New food guidelines emphasize that we should eat more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.

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  10. Archaeology

    Untangling human origins

    New fossil clues point to the earliest known human ancestor.

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  11. Animals

    Fishy Sounds

    Baby fish may home in on reef noise to find a place to live.

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  12. Animals

    A Sense of Danger

    Can animals warn us if an earthquake or some other natural disaster is about to strike?

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