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Environment
Fungi as carbon keepers
A common type of fungus stores most of a forest floor’s carbon underground.
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Life
Stem cells: The secret to change
Unusual, versatile cells hold the key to regrowing lost tissues.
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Animals
This shrimp packs a punch
Researchers learn a lot from mantis shrimp, colorful marine creatures that possess deadly weapons and complex vision
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Health & Medicine
Deadly new virus emerges
A mysterious infection has been spreading for almost a year.
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Health & Medicine
The AIDS virus that vanished
Strong medicine may have rid a newborn of deadly HIV.
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Agriculture
Cool Jobs: Green Science
In parts of the Arctic, entire forests are creeping northward. Luckily, ecologist Serge Payette is hot on their trail.