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  1. Humans

    Words of the distant past

    Human ancestors may have been able to talk as far back as 350,000 years ago.

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  2. Tech

    Surviving Olympic Heat

    Athletes competing in the Athens Olympic Games will rely on training and new technology to cope with high temperatures.

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  3. Brain

    Music lessons for the brain

    Taking music lessons may help you become a little bit smarter.

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  4. Fossils

    Fingerprinting fossils

    Researchers can find out in what kind of soil a fossil was originally buried.

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  5. Physics

    The pressure of scuba diving

    If done without proper precautions, scuba diving can be a painful experience.

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  6. Psychology

    Roller coaster thrills

    Riding roller coasters is about the need that some people have to seek thrills and take risks.

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  7. Brain

    A dog’s amazingly large vocabulary

    A border collie named Rico recognizes a surprisingly large number of words.

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  8. Environment

    A newspaper’s hidden cost

    Getting a newspaper electronically would be much better for the planet than receiving the paper version.

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  9. Tech

    Spinach power for solar cells

    A solar cell based on chemicals taken from spinach and bacteria converts light into electricity.

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  10. Tech

    The Incredible Shrunken Kids

    Researchers are using nanotechnology to develop superfast computers, amazing materials, and tiny robots.

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  11. Earth

    Distant quake changes geyser eruptions

    An Alaskan earthquake changed the timing of geysers thousands of miles away.

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  12. Tech

    The Incredible Shrunken Kids

    Researchers are using nanotechnology to develop superfast computers, amazing materials, and tiny robots.

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