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  1. Health & Medicine

    New twists for phantom limbs

    An experiment explores the connections between brain and body.

    By Stephen Ornes
  2. Animals

    Giving sharks safe homes

    Scientists help to understand and protect sharks and coral reefs.

    By Mark Schrope
  3. Fossils

    The paleontologist and the three dinosaurs

    Skulls thought to be from three different dinosaurs may actually be from the same dino type at three different ages.

    By Stephen Ornes
  4. Fossils

    The bug that may have killed a dinosaur

    The holes in the jaw bone of a world-famous T. Rex suggest the dino died from a parasite infection.

    By Stephen Ornes
  5. Planets

    One ring around them all

    Introducing the solar system's largest known ring around a planet.

    By Stephen Ornes
  6. Tech

    Batteries built by viruses

    Scientists use microbes to create tiny power supplies.

    By Stephen Ornes
  7. Animals

    Giant snakes invading North America

    A new government study suggests the United States may see pythons in Pennsylvania by 2100.

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Health & Medicine

    Junk food junkies

    Rats on a junk food diet behave like drug addicts.

    By Stephen Ornes
  9. Chemistry

    The secret life of fruit flies

    Scientists find that the most attractive scent for a fruit fly is no scent at all.

    By Stephen Ornes
  10. Health & Medicine

    The taste of bubbles

    Taste cell for sourness senses fizz, too.

    By Stephen Ornes
  11. Environment

    Flu river

    Rivers polluted with Tamiflu could help a resistant flu strain develop in birds.

    By Stephen Ornes
  12. Fossils

    Three strikes wiped out woolly mammoths

    Giant mammals went extinct thanks to climate, comet and people.

    By Sharon Pochron
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