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Scientists may work alone in their laboratories for awhile, but then they usually share the results of their work with others.

The "sharing of information" between scientists is a form of communication that we call "collaboration." Collaboration helps scientists form a broader or more complete picture. NIEHS scientists collaborated with scientists in several other laboratories to identify the genes that may cause some forms of breast cancer and prostate cancer.

In addition, scientists exchange information with other scientists in order to "corroborate" their findings. This means that they compare their research results with those of other scientists doing the same or similar work in order to validate (verify) the accuracy of their results. This would be like when you compare your answer to those of your teacher or classmates to make sure you are on the right track!

Such efforts helped NIEHS discover more about some of the causes of those cancers in much less time, which means that cures for some of these cancers may also be found more quickly! Science can only advance through effective communication, collaboration, and corroboration among scientists. After you play the game below, learn more about becoming a scientist yourself someday!

The following game of "Solitaire" allows you to practice working on your own. The goal is to remove as many marbles as possible from the board -- marbles can be removed when they are "jumped" by another marble. The only legal moves are horizontal (to the side) or vertical (up or down) single jumps of one marble over another. You can only jump into an empty hole if one is positioned on the other side of the jumped marble.

To move a marble to an empty space, just point and click your left mouse button, and while holding it down, "drag" the marble in a LEGAL direction (horizontal or vertical -- not diagonal) into the empty space. The marble that is "jumped" is automatically removed from the board. The more you remove, the better you've done!

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