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  1. Health & Medicine

    Babies prove sound learners

    Scientists are gaining new insights into why babies are so good at learning languages.

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  2. Physics

    Diamond glow

    Rare diamonds that glow in the dark may help scientists distinguish real gems from fake ones.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Memory by hypnosis

    Scientists are using hypnosis to better understand how the brain remembers—or doesn't.

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  4. Animals

    Monkey math

    Monkeys can estimate sums almost as quickly as people can. The finding provides insight into how math skills developed in the human brain.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Sweeeet! The skinny on sugar substitutes

    Millions of people use artificial sweeteners, but are they safe?

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  6. Earth

    Arctic melt

    There is less ice than ever recorded in the Arctic Ocean, and scientists are concerned.

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  7. Space

    Average galaxies

    Small, faint, and sluggish, a newly discovered collection of galaxies is helping explain how larger galaxies came to be.

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  8. Space

    A whole lot of nothing

    Scientists have discovered a huge expanse of nothingness in outer space.

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  9. Animals

    Thieves of a feather

    Birds that steal might be the smartest birds in the flock.

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  10. Animals

    News detective: A Galapagos journey

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  11. Animals

    Primate memory showdown

    Are chimpanzees or people better at remembering numbers? Read on to find out.

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  12. Animals

    Eyes on the depths

    On a recent expedition to the Bahamas, scientists made new discoveries about how deep-sea animals see the world.

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