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Animals
Making the most of a meal
Sea slug swipes recipe for food-producing chemical from algae it eats.
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Young scientists at the state of the union address
Two winners of national science contests invited to attend Jan. 27 speech.
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Animals
The nerve of one animal
Cancer that's killing Tasmanian devils probably began in a single creature's nervous system.
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Health & Medicine
Got milk? How?
Scientists are tracking down the first people who squeezed this nutritious liquid out of animals thousands of years ago.
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Environment
A global warming flap
Differences in butterfly and moth breeding patterns are linked to a changing climate.
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Environment
Pollution at the ends of the Earth
Chemicals are turning up in small Arctic villages far from factories and cities.
By Douglas Fox -
Environment
Watching out for vultures
Farmers giving medicine to cows are accidentally poisoning vultures, again.
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Health & Medicine
Drugs and zzzzzz’s
People who take the drug ecstasy are more likely to suffer from a sleeping disorder.