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  1. Animals

    Explainer: Jelly vs. jellyfish: What’s the difference?

    Not all jellies are jellyfish

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  2. Animals

    Animal CSI or from science lab to crime lab

    Scientists are finding new ways to help stop poachers from hunting endangered animals.

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  3. Animals

    Diving, rolling and floating, alligator style

    Alligators use the muscles around their lungs in a surprising way—to help them move quickly and smoothly through the swamps and waterways in which they live.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Mind-reading machine

    Researchers have used brain scans to measure how the brain "sees" pictures—and to try to predict what a person is looking at.

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  5. Chemistry

    Explainer: What are oxidants and antioxidants?

    Certain chemicals, including many in foods, fight chemical reactions that could harm cells in the body and in wildlife.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    How super are superfruits?

    Fruits are good for you, but some advertisements claim that certain fruits are especially nutritious. Is there science to support the superfruit hype?

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  7. Space

    Ready, set, supernova

    For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the act of exploding.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Music in the brain

    Scientists have uncovered a pattern of brain activity that may tune up musical improvisation.

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  9. Ecosystems

    When fungi and algae marry

    Lichens live in nearly every environment on Earth, but scientists are still discovering basic information about them.

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  10. Earth

    Deep history

    Scientists have gained new clues about when the Grand Canyon formed.

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  11. Tech

    Cell phone tattlers

    DNA evidence left on cell phones can help detectives solve crimes.

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  12. Animals

    Deep krill

    Scientists were surprised to find Antarctic krill lurking at the bottom of the sea.

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