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        Mouth-crawling superbugs cause severe cavities in kids

        By Alison Pearce StevensJanuary 27, 2023
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        Explainer: All about carbon dioxide

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        Armored dinos may have used tail clubs to bash each other

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

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        Mouth-crawling superbugs cause severe cavities in kids

        By Alison Pearce StevensJanuary 27, 2023
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        Neandertals were a lot like our human ancestors

        By Alison Pearce StevensJanuary 19, 2023
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        Gas stoves can spew lots of pollution, even when they’re turned off

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        For a better brick, just add poop

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

        By Carolyn WilkeJanuary 25, 2023
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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

        By Katherine KorneiDecember 5, 2022
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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!

        By Deborah BalthazarJanuary 16, 2023
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        Scientists Say: Artificial intelligence

        By Maria TemmingJanuary 9, 2023
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    Small genetic accident made Zika more dangerous

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    Could Zika become a cancer treatment?

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    Zika birth defects: Concerns spread from head to toe

    By Meghan RosenNovember 17, 2016
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    Zika can damage the brains of even adults

    By Meghan RosenAugust 19, 2016
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    End of Latin America’s Zika epidemic is in sight

    By Meghan RosenAugust 5, 2016
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    GM mosquitoes cut rate of viral disease in Brazil

    By Susan MiliusAugust 3, 2016
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    U.S. mosquitoes now spreading Zika virus

    By Meghan RosenJuly 29, 2016
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    Zika vaccines look promising

    By Meghan RosenJuly 7, 2016

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    Common plant could help fight Zika virus

    By Sid PerkinsMay 26, 2016
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    Zika worries go global

    By Meghan RosenFebruary 2, 2016
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    Zika virus raises alarm as it spreads in the Americas

    By Meghan RosenJanuary 28, 2016

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