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  1. Risky Business

    The science of decision making grapples with sex, race, and power.

    By Ruth Bennett
  2. Anthropology

    The Forager King

    A celebrated anthropologist surprises and inspires his biographer.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. 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.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. 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.

    By Janet Raloff
  5. Health & Medicine

    Transplanted Hopes

    Islet-cell success may bring a diabetes cure closer.

    By Damaris Christensen
  6. Physics

    Seeking the Mother of All Matter

    World's mightiest particle collider may transform less-than-nothing into a primordial something.

    By Peter Weiss

  7. Yikes! The Lichens Went Flying

    Tales from the dark (and frequently crunchy) side of biodiversity.

    By Susan Milius
  8. Materials Science

    The New Cavity Fighters

    Novel products could lead to fewer dates with the drill.

    By Jessica Gorman
  9. Health & Medicine

    Infectious Notion

    Lessons from gene therapy promote viruses as cancer fighters.

    By Ruth Bennett
  10. Astronomy

    Big, Bigger . . . Biggest?

    Galaxy map reveals the limits of cosmic structure.

    By Ron Cowen
  11. Math

    Mathematician on Ice

    Adventurous voyages to Antarctica test mathematical models of sea ice.

    By Ivars Peterson

  12. Inside Violent Worlds

    Political conflict and terror look different up close and local.

    By Bruce Bower