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Whale sharks may be the world’s largest omnivores
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Freda Kreier
August 17, 2022
Animals
When bees are away, moths come out to pollinate
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Jake Buehler
August 15, 2022
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Scientists Say: DNA
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Maria Temming
August 15, 2022
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Western wildfire smoke poses health risks from coast to coast
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Megan Sever
August 18, 2022
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Wildfire smoke seems to pose its biggest health risk to kids
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Megan Sever
August 18, 2022
Life
Your face is mighty mite-y. And that’s a good thing
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Bethany Brookshire
August 11, 2022
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Western wildfire smoke poses health risks from coast to coast
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Megan Sever
August 18, 2022
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Wildfire smoke seems to pose its biggest health risk to kids
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Megan Sever
August 18, 2022
Animals
Whale sharks may be the world’s largest omnivores
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Freda Kreier
August 17, 2022
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Awesome! Here are the James Webb Space Telescope’s first pictures
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Lisa Grossman
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Earth’s rock collection hints at how to search for life elsewhere
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Asa Stahl
August 8, 2022
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Six months in space causes 10 years’ worth of bone loss
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Liz Kruesi
August 2, 2022
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Engineers put a dead spider to work — as a robot
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Asa Stahl
August 16, 2022
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Like an octopus, this glove lets fingers grip slippery objects
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Maria Temming
July 25, 2022
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You might someday ‘wallpaper’ your bedroom with this loudspeaker
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Kendra Redmond
July 18, 2022
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Fingerprinting fossils
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Emily Sohn
June 20, 2004
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Ancient critter caught shedding Its skin
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Emily Sohn
May 17, 2004
Fossils
Winged insects may go way back
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Emily Sohn
February 17, 2004
Fossils
Teeny Skull Reveals Ancient Ancestor
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Emily Sohn
January 6, 2004
Fossils
Dinosaurs grow up
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Emily Sohn
November 24, 2003
Earth
Killer space rock snuffed out ancient life
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Emily Sohn
November 24, 2003
Fossils
Did dinosaurs do handstands?
By
Sorcha McDonagh
October 27, 2003
Fossils
Watery fate for nature’s gliders
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Sorcha McDonagh
October 19, 2003
Fossils
A really big (but extinct) rodent
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Emily Sohn
September 21, 2003
Fossils
Dino-dining dinosaurs
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Emily Sohn
June 29, 2003
Fossils
Fossil fly from Antarctica
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Emily Sohn
June 26, 2003
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