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  1. Environment

    Improving the Camel

    Scientists are breeding camels that are stronger, faster, and able to go longer on less water.

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  2. Planets

    Rover Makes Splash on Mars

    A robot on Mars has gathered evidence that liquid water once flowed on the Red Planet.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Moving Good Fats from Fish to Mice

    Healthful fats from fish could end up in beef, eggs, and other foods.

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  4. Chemistry

    Cooking up superhard diamonds

    Popping diamonds into a high-pressure oven can make these hard minerals even harder.

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  5. Computing

    Computers with Attitude

    Researchers are trying to design computers that can recognize how you're feeling and react to help you out.

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  6. Math

    Losing with Heads or Tails

    Flipping a coin may not be the fairest way to make a choice.

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  7. Environment

    Missing tigers in India

    Tigers are among the most endangered animals on Earth.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Walking to exercise the brain

    Light exercise can help elderly people keep their brains in shape.

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  9. Environment

    Nanosponges soak up pollutants

    Tiny, specially designed particles draw pollutants out of contaminated soil.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Building a food pyramid

    Experts are trying to work out new rules on which foods to eat and which ones to avoid.

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  11. Fossils

    Winged insects may go way back

    A fossil's mouthparts hint that winged insects lived on Earth 400 million years ago.

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  12. Physics

    A sweet advance in candy packing

    Objects shaped like M&Ms can snuggle together more tightly than spheres do.

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