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        Mouth-crawling superbugs cause severe cavities in kids

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        Neandertals were a lot like our human ancestors

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        Gas stoves can spew lots of pollution, even when they’re turned off

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        By Laura AllenJanuary 26, 2023
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        Analyze This: Salt may quash lightning over the sea

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        NASA is readying to send humans back to the moon

        By Liz KruesiDecember 15, 2022
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        Mars might still be volcanically active, quakes there suggest

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        Scientists Say: Astronaut

        By Maria TemmingNovember 14, 2022
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        Insect-inspired drones work together to 3-D print structures

        By Kathryn HulickJanuary 23, 2023
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        Underwater cameras get a new power source — sound!

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        Scientists Say: Artificial intelligence

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    Pluto’s heart has dunes of methane ice

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    Students sent instrument to Pluto

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    By Christopher CrockettJune 16, 2015

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