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  1. Health & Medicine

    Sugar doesn’t make kids hyper, and other parenting myths

    There’s no shortage of advice out there for parents, but some pearls of wisdom simply aren’t true.

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  2. Animals

    What animal is the world’s best rock climber?

    Lots of animals manage to scale vertical heights, and each has their own way of accomplishing the feat.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Pregnant women on the hook for calculating risks, benefits of fish

    New draft FDA guidelines on fish for pregnant or nursing women make women do the math for how to maximize omega-3 fatty acids and minimize mercury exposure.

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  4. Animals

    Zebra finches go mad with mercury, and other animal updates

    Mercury exposure makes zebra finches bold and hyperactive, and additional research from the 2014 Animal Behavior Society Meeting.

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  5. Ecosystems

    Fly may be depleting U.S. giant silk moths

    A parasitic fly introduced to fight gypsy moths starting in 1906 may be an overlooked factor in the declines of giant silk moths.

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  6. Humans

    Science News of the Year 2000

    A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the year 2000.

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  7. Earth

    Salmon puzzle: Why did males turn female?

    Most of the spawning female Chinook salmon in one part of the Columbia River appear to have started life as males.

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  8. Paleontology

    Subway dig in L.A. yields fossil trove

    Fossil finds made when a subway line was extended from Los Angeles into the San Fernando Valley include bones of mastodons, ground sloths, extinct bison and camels, and 39 new species of fish.

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  9. Animals

    Seeing past the jellyfish sting

    Jellies don’t get nearly as much love as their cousins, the corals, but they deserve credit for providing homes to some creatures, dinner to others and more. They’re an integral part of the oceans.

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  10. Paleontology

    3-D scans reveal secrets of extinct creatures

    Paleontologists can dig into fossils without destroying them and see what’s inside using 3-D scanning. What they’re learning helps bring the past to life.

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  11. Plants

    Climbing high to save a threatened West Coast plant

    A group of scientists hopes to save a cliff-hugging plant threatened by invasive grasses, drought and fire in California’s Santa Monica Mountains.

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  12. Humans

    Genes on Display

    DNA becomes part of the artist's palette.

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