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Scientists zero in on the caring and cunning ways of a seldom-seen waterbird
Fifty years after the discovery of DNA’s structure, the payoff hasn’t matched the hype. But really, we’ve only just begun
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Going the extra mile for bears and bats
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In the former Soviet Union, “rad rangers” are racing to find lost radiation devices before terrorists can turn them into “dirty bombs”
Alaska’s husband-and-wife team of avalanche experts work to save lives all winter, then take to their kayaks in summer
Las Vegas showman Jonathan Kraft went from riches to rags to turn a patch of Arizona desert into a refuge for abused and abandoned exotic animals
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The world’s largest (maybe) 9-planet solar system model goes up along Route 1 in northern Maine
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The 5,000-plus-year-old Neolithic man discovered a decade ago is telling scientists how he lived and died
An international campaign to rid the world of polio has made dazzling progress. But some experts question whether the scourge can ever be eradicated
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Angry fishermen accuse the cormorant of ruining their livelihood and have taken the law into their own hands. But is the cormorant to blame?
When a million-ton iceberg threatens your $5 billion oil platform, who you gonna call? Jerome Baker
Scientists launch a $1 billion effort to track marine life worldwide
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Is it the fresh air, the seafood, or genes? Why do so many hardy 100-year-olds live in yes, Nova Scotia?
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In a case that could reveal the villain behind the Irish Potato Famine, the gumshoe is a plant scientist
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Inquisitive, formidable and endangered, giant otters are luring tourists by the thousands to Brazil’s unspoiled, biodiverse waterscape
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Fruit sleuths and nursery owners are fighting to save our nation’s apple heritage…before it’s too late
Science meets shamanism at a gathering to ponder the fate of the Pacific Ocean leatherback
Scientists cast tall shadows but find themselves hard pressed to explain the blues to Mongolians
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