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  1. Animals

    A Wild Ferret Rise

    Once nearly extinct, wild black-footed ferrets are making a comeback in Wyoming.

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  2. Animals

    Long nose, hopeful future

    A chainsaw-nosed creature of the sea finally earns some protection.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Toxic Dirt + Avian Flu = Science Fair Success

    Fifteen-year-old Nolan Kamitaki shows what it takes to become one of America's top young scientists.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    The electric brain

    Electrical implants allowed a brain-damaged man to talk, eat, and move again.

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  5. Chemistry

    Super Sticky Power

    Scientists have combined the sticking power of geckos and mussels to create an extrasticky material.

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  6. Tech

    Slip sliming away

    Scientists study how slime helps slugs and snails get around on only one foot.

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  7. Tech

    Slip Sliming Away

    Scientists study how slime helps slugs and snails get around on only one foot.

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  8. Space

    What Comets Are Made Of

    Astronomers are learning a lot from watching a comet break into pieces.

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  9. Animals

    Polar bears in trouble

    Melting ice is bad news for polar bears that live in northern Alaska.

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  10. Life

    What Comets Are Made Of

    Astronomers are learning a lot from watching a comet break into pieces.

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  11. Climate

    The best defense is a good snow fence

    Science fair superstar Erica David shows how fences that trap snow can help the environment.

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  12. Animals

    The History of Meow

    Scientists have traced the history of housecats back to a wild species of cat that lived in the Near East thousands of years ago.

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