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  1. Math

    Surprisingly Square

    Mathematicians take a fresh look at expressing numbers as the sums of squares.

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  2. Physics

    Pitching Science

    A new computer model of baseball pitching helps give pitching robots humanlike abilities and may have enabled engineers to solve a half-century-old puzzle of baseball science.

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  3. Paleontology

    Beyond Bones

    The forensic analysis of trace fossils such as footprints, nests, burrows, and even coprolites—fossilized feces—reveal subtle clues about ancient species, their behavior, and their environment.

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  4. Astronomy

    Nine Planets, or Eight?

    Astronomers probe Pluto's place in the solar system.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Understanding Cancer’s Spread

    Where cancer goes, where it grows, and why.