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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Humans

    ISEF winners announced

    More than 1,500 young scientists flexed their mental muscles this week at the world's largest high-school science competition.

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  2. Earth

    Froggie Needs a Name – and Help

    To help raise awareness about the plight of frogs and toads, which are disappearing globally, Amphibian Ark is selling formal naming rights to an unusual frog.

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  3. Humans

    Smells like teen science

    Some of the world’s brightest young minds spent the day explaining their research projects in a packed exhibit hall in Atlanta at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

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  4. Humans

    Our Heritage at Risk

    Much of the evidence documenting America's culture is at risk of being damaged or disappearing altogether.

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  5. Humans

    Nobel inspiration for young scientists

    Tomorrow's science stars got to pick the brains of today's science giants during a question and answer session May 13 in Atlanta at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

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  6. Life

    Identifying viable embryos

    New genetic tests to distinguish viable from nonviable embryos may help eliminate risky multiple births from fertility procedures.

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  7. Life

    Good night, Sloth

    First EEG of free-roaming animals finds less sleeping in the real world.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Sharing valuable real estate

    Human brains rewire when people lose a sense, but a new study of people who have regained vision shows that the rewired areas retain their old abilities.

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  9. Materials Science

    Like the Nobel, Only Norwegian

    Two weeks from now, an astrophysicist, neuroscientist, and nanoscience researcher will each be named to receive $1 million Kavli Prizes.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Drugs: Still bad for you

    Heavy cannabis smokers have increased blood levels of a protein linked to heart disease.

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  11. Humans

    BOOK REVIEW | Curiosity and Enlightenment: Collectors and Collections from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century

    Review by Amy Maxmen.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    BOOK REVIEW | Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life

    Review by Elizabeth Quill.

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