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Physicists line up to crack a long-standing particle puzzle
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Chimps need parental guidance to safely horse around
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The winner of the 2013 Google Science Fair on why more kids should e-mail scientists
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The secret to building brain-controlled prostheses may be to ignore the brain entirely
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What makes a normally harmless microbe turn deadly?
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Even entomologists can't stomach some creepy-crawlies
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NASA is investigating new roles for the former planet-hunting observatory
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Why it's worth spending $250,000 to research insect sex
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Ultraviolet LEDs help sea turtles avoid deadly encounters with fishing nets
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The flawed body mass index remains a useful predictor of health
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Unmasking tiny denizens of the great indoors
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A gigantic star in the Whirlpool Galaxy has vanished, solving a supernova mystery
By John Matson | Nov 7, 2013 | 1
Neutrinos from deep space are opening up a new kind of astronomy
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Adventurers seeking the remotest place in the Arctic now have a new target. (But they'd better hurry—the ice is melting)
By Arielle Duhaime-Ross | Oct 31, 2013 | 1
Forensic epidemiologists are tracking rapid viral mutations to help convict criminal spreaders of disease
By Carrie Arnold | Oct 29, 2013 | 3
What's to blame?
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Children in rural Ethiopia are teaching themselves to read with Android tablets
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Scientists haul their wares to Burning Man
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Once unfettered labs seek financial shelter
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