An American biologist treks the steppes and the Gobi to rescue a Mongolian raptor that's in deep trouble
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Archaeological research at Cliff Palace resumes after 80 years. Surprises are the order of the day
It's a fast and furious time in science and technology, and a man who knows promises only more of the same
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A cloud of spacecraft parts and debris envelops the earth. Keeping track of it takes the best we have
Loitering on sidewalks and begging at shops, macaques are familiar, but not always welcome, sights in cities across Asia
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The pioneering naturalist Constantine Rafinesque did just about everything, and he always did it his way
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The National Museum of Natural History aims to become a hub for science education
We can't live without it. Salt runs through our language, our history, and our veins
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Now we can grow the cells from which all others derive, but ethical questions are involved
For a walk on the wild side, follow the tracks of a tiger or look at a lion close up at the National Zoo
Ski resorts have snowmaking down to a science – now sometimes the real stuff gets in the way
This feisty waterbird is very common. That's part of the problem
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Our names for people who respect the environment should be as varied as the ways we see it
Those who think some of our rivers are a dammed shame argue for the structures to come down
Out in the Atlantic, strange creatures make their home among seaweed in a floating lens of warm water
Termites are covert destroyers. You don't hear them or see them until they come swarming out of the woodwork on their spectacular mating flight
In one spot on the continental shelf, scientists aim to understand all that happens, 24 hours a day
Climate scientists go with the floe
The study of how plants moved north after the last ice age could mean new directions for conservation
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