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- Microbes
Fast-flying fungal spores
Using high-speed cameras, scientists identify the fastest spores on Earth.
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- Chemistry
Plastic-munching microbes
Microbes may soon help make it easier to recycle your soda bottle, helping to create new demand for what has historically been a low-quality recycled material.
- Agriculture
Farms sprout in cities
The farms of the future may be where you would least expect to find them -- in towering skyscrapers in some of the world's largest cities.
- Planets
The trouble with Pluto
The traditional view of the solar system is out of date. Depending on who you talk to today, the answer to how many planets there are could be eight, 12, or even 208 and counting.
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- Space
The solar system’s biggest junkyard
The science of tracking millions of pieces of garbage that orbit Earth is tricky and essential.
- Math
Math and our number sense
Not all math skills are learned in the classroom. Some of them come naturally.
- Health & Medicine
The chemistry of sleeplessness
A brain chemical may help people stay awake even when they are really, really tired.
