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Cranes and Planes

October 18, 2001

Teaching baby whooping cranes to fly behind an ultralight to learn how they're supposed to migrate.

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Vanishing Cloud

October 17, 2001

Corporation has created a powder that can absorb all of the moisture in a cloud, making it disappear.

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Lawn Nitrates

October 3, 2001

Measuring fertilizer runoff from a lab-lawn to see how much gets into drinking water, etc.

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Hurricanes

August 23, 2001

The U.S. is in a period of high activity for hurricanes

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Wood Water Filters

August 22, 2001

Wood removes organic contaminants from polluted runoff.

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Zeolites

August 2, 2001

Special compounds might one day be used to trap dangerous, radioactive contamination in soil.

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Traveling Dust

July 27, 2001

Dust that gets blown around the world harbors bacteria, fungi and viruses that can spread disease.

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Earthshine

June 1, 2001

Light reflected from Earth onto the moon can be used to forecast Earth's climate

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Persistent Pollutants

April 9, 2001

Calculating the dose fraction for thousands of pollutants to assess how harmful they are to humans

Read morePersistent Pollutants

Global Change

March 27, 2001

Gathering information on the aspects of global change and how humans affect it

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Deer Hunting

January 2, 2001

Deer populations adjust to hunting by giving birth to more male fawns.

Read moreDeer Hunting
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