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  1. Environment

    Scientists Say: Carbon capture

    Carbon capture technology tackles climate change by stomping out carbon dioxide at the source.

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  2. Animals

    At last: How poison dart frogs ship defense toxins to their skin

    A liver protein appears to help the amphibians collect and move toxins from their food to their skin. Those toxins can defend the frogs from predators.

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  3. Brain

    Handwriting may boost brain connections that aid memory

    Writing with a pen — but not typing — boosted links between regions used for motion and memory. That may help explain why writing fosters learning.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Health problems persist in Flint 10 years after water poisoning

    Flint, Mich., residents still show health impacts long after a switch in their drinking-water source exposed them to toxic lead and other pollutants.

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  5. Science & Society

    Community action helps people cope with Flint’s water woes

    Activism, social media and public education are helping residents in the aftermath of the water crisis in Flint, Mich.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    9 things to know about lead’s health risks — and how to curb them

    Lead has been linked to lower IQ, behavior problems, mental-health disorders, strokes and more health impacts. There are ways to reduce your exposure.

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  7. Animals

    Experiment: Are we there yet? Test how migratory birds navigate

    In this experiment, use real data to figure out how migratory birds navigate from their breeding grounds to their wintering grounds.

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  8. Microbes

    Let’s learn about useful bacteria

    Bacteria do many useful jobs almost everywhere on Earth, from the soil to the seafloor to our stomachs.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Family, friends and community inspired these high school scientists

    When looking for research ideas, listen to the people around you. What problems are they facing? What could you do to help?

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  10. Animals

    Scientists still aren’t always sure why dogs wag their tails

    Your dog is wagging its tail. That must mean it’s happy, right? Maybe not. Scientists know less about what’s behind this behavior than you might think.

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  11. Brain

    Scientists Say: Confirmation Bias

    Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek out and believe information that agrees with what we already think.

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  12. Plants

    To spy this palm’s blooms and fruits, start digging underground

    Plants across 33 families are known for subterranean flowering or fruiting. But this palm is extremely rare. It does both.

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