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Our first words
How humans learn their first words
Treating cancer
Should medical science be changing its approach to treating cancer?
Waging war on drug resistant bacteria
The war against drug resistant bacteria
Jupiter's moons
The scientific success of the previously troubled mission to Jupiter
Could mosquitos transmit the malaria vaccine?
A progress report on the latest antimalarial and transmission-blocked vaccines
Comets - the bringers of life
Comets, why they could help scientists explain the origins of the solar system
What chemicals came first?
The birth of the Earth and how the chemicals necessary for life on earth were made
Extinction, creation and biodiversity
Extinction and the anniversary of the Smithsonian Institute
Human Genome Project
A progress report on the human genome project which hopes to map the DNA of man
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
How depression could be treated through transcranial magnetic stimulation