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  1. Animals

    Pondering the puzzling platypus

    Scientists are studying the mixed-up looking mammal for clues to animal ancestry.

    By Sharon Pochron
  2. Space

    Deep-space dancers

    In a galaxy far, far away, black holes are spinning around each other.

    By Stephen Ornes
  3. Animals

    Fish needs see-through head

    Barreleye peers out at the world like a fighter pilot does through a windshield.

    By Stephen Ornes
  4. Health & Medicine

    The metal detector in your mouth

    The taste of metal is sweet, spicy, bitter, delicious and perhaps other, mystery tastes.

    By Stephen Ornes
  5. Animals

    Newly named fish crawls and hops

    Crazy-colored, flat-faced fish does more than swim.

    By Stephen Ornes
  6. Environment

    Getting the dirt on carbon

    The circle of life continues thanks to the carbon cycle.

    By Susan Gaidos
  7. Space

    Watching deep-space fireworks

    An orbiting telescope records the universe’s most powerful explosions.

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Animals

    Sponges’ secret weapon

    An aquatic animal provides a possible new kind of disease resistance.

    By Stephen Ornes
  9. Tech

    Supergoo to the rescue

    The absorbent stuff in diapers may help clean up after a terrorist attack.

    By Stephen Ornes
  10. Health & Medicine

    Greener Diet

    The planet is getting warmer, and what we eat isn’t helping.

    By Stephen Ornes
  11. Physics

    See Comet Lulin

    By Stephen Ornes
  12. Animals

    Brainy bees know two from three

    Honeybees can match patterns by number.

    By Liz Savage
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