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  1. Space

    Awesome! Here are the James Webb Space Telescope’s first pictures

    The first image shows ancient galaxies. Some reveal light that has been traveling 13 billion years to reach us.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Wildfire smoke seems to pose its biggest health risk to kids

    New studies, some of them in young monkeys, point to vulnerabilities affecting kids' airways, brains and immune systems.

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  3. Environment

    Western wildfire smoke poses health risks from coast to coast

    As wildfires become more common, their hazardous smoke is sending East Coast residents — especially children — to emergency rooms.

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  4. Animals

    Whale sharks may be the world’s largest omnivores

    Chemical clues in the sharks’ skin show that the animals eat and digest algae.

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  5. Tech

    Engineers put a dead spider to work — as a robot

    Scientists literally reanimated the dead. It’s a new research field called “necrobotics.”

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  6. Animals

    When bees are away, moths come out to pollinate

    Camera footage reveals that moths make roughly a third of the visits to red clover, working under the cover of night.

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  7. Genetics

    Scientists Say: DNA

    Short for deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA is the molecule that determines how each living thing looks and works.

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  8. Physics

    Explainer: How the Doppler effect shapes waves in motion

    The Doppler effect describes how waves are compressed or stretched when their source — or receiver — is moving.

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  9. Life

    Your face is mighty mite-y. And that’s a good thing

    Tiny face mites live in our pores, getting food and shelter in return for eating our skin waste. A new study shows they can’t live without us.

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  10. Fossils

    Warm feathers may have helped dinos survive mass Triassic die-off

    Dinosaurs may have weathered freezing conditions about 202 million years ago, thanks to warm feathery coats.

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  11. Climate

    Let’s learn about heat waves

    Heat waves often occur when a high-pressure system lingers over a certain area. These deadly events are on the rise due to climate change.

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  12. Psychology

    Scientists Say: Trauma

    No one experiences trauma the same way. Its effects can be physical or emotional. Immediate or delayed. Brief or long-lasting.

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