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  1. Chemistry

    Target Practice

    As they study the biochemical processes that make Mycobacterium tuberculosis tick, researchers are finding new targets to exploit to combat the microbe.

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  2. Animals

    Cool Birds

    Emperor penguins go to such extremes to cope with life in Antarctica that they've inspired interesting science as well as a hit movie.

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  3. Animal Skulls

    High school biology teacher DeLoy Roberts and his students have, over the years, assembled a large collection of animal skulls. This Web site provides dramatic images of the skulls, ranging, for example, from the armadillo to the wood rat among the mammals. Various birds, fish, sharks, reptiles, amphibians, and crustaceans are also represented. Go to: […]

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  4. Animals

    Battle of the Hermaphrodites

    A biologist argues that combining the sexes can actually make gender wars worse.

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  5. Ecosystems

    Light All Night

    New digital images demonstrate that artificial light from urban areas penetrates deep into some of America's most remote wild places, where it may disrupt ecosystems that have evolved with a nightly quota of darkness.

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  6. Anthropology

    Mental Leap

    As scientists discover traits shared by human and ape ancestors millions of years ago, they try to fill in the gaps of human evolution.

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  7. Earth

    Toxic Surfs

    Scientists have discovered not only three new mechanisms by which an alga species in Florida water can poison but also a trio of natural antidotes produced within that same species.

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  8. Anthropology

    Stone Age Footwork: Ancient human prints turn up down under

    An ancient, dried-up lakeshore in Australia has yielded the largest known collection of Stone Age footprints, made about 20,000 years ago.

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  9. Humans

    From the August 17, 1935, issue

    Cactus gardening for a dry summer, Echo-sounding to locate fish, and suspended animation in humans.

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  10. Humans

    From the December 7, 1935, issue

    Indian art at Boulder Dam, ice under pressure, and vitamin A's role in vision.

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  11. Ecosystems

    Squirt Alert

    A sea animal of unknown origins and lacking any known predator has begun commandeering ecosystems in cool coastal waters throughout the world.

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  12. Agriculture

    Using Light to Sense Plants’ Health and Diversity

    Laser scanners may help farmers better tailor when and how much to fertilize their crops, with side benefits for the environment.

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