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  1. Materials Science

    Microbial Materials

    Microorganisms can be coaxed into producing high-tech components and can themselves serve as valuable ingredients in new classes of materials.

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  2. Physics

    Through the Looking Glass

    A proposed universe of unseen material, where every ordinary particle has a shadowy counterpart, could explain several conundrums in cosmology.

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  3. Anthropology

    The Forager King

    A celebrated anthropologist surprises and inspires his biographer.

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  4. Animals

    Life Without Sex

    The search is on for creatures that have evolved for eons without sex.

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  5. Astronomy

    Mystery in the Middle

    The Milky Way's core is loaded with seemingly young stars, which have no business being there.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Target: Celiac Disease

    With the aim of releasing people with celiac disease from a strict, lifelong diet that lacks the wheat protein gluten, researchers are working to identify molecular targets that could block the disease’s hallmark, the degeneration of the lining of the small intestine.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Transplanted Hopes

    Islet-cell success may bring a diabetes cure closer.

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  8. Earth

    New Concerns about Phthalates

    Boys may face an eventual reproductive risk from exposure to some of the ingredients that go into many common plastics, cosmetics, and medical supplies.

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  9. Earth

    Oceans Aswirl

    Whirls of ocean water up to hundreds of kilometers across create biological oases, transport heat from tropical climes to cooler latitudes, and affect everything from offshore oil platforms to long-distance yacht races.

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  10. Math

    If It Looks Like a Sphere…

    A Russian mathematician has proposed a proof of the Poincaré conjecture, a question about the shapes of three-dimensional spaces.

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  11. Chemistry

    Danger Detection

    Analytical chemists are exploring ways to improve chemical and biological weapons detection.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Herbal Lottery

    Many herbal-product makers aren't maintaining adequate quality control, prompting the Food and Drug Administration to propose rules that mandate good manufacturing practices.

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