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  1. Math

    Summing Up Literature

    Statistical analyses of literary texts provide new insights about novels.

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  2. Math

    Musical Illusions

    An auditory phenomenon that resembles a familiar optical illusion sheds light on how our brains process sound.

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  3. Math

    Trisecting an Angle with Origami

    A paper-folding technique can solve a classic math problem.

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  4. Math

    Covering New Ground with Polygons

    Mathematicians can cover larger areas than they'd realized using polygons with fixed diameters.

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  5. Math

    Miles from Nowhere

    Scientists have developed a new technique for calculating the ecological value of road-free areas of land and representing them geometrically.