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- Tech
The 3-D Printing Revolution
Using a technique known as 3-D printing, regular people can now make goods typically produced in huge quantities in factories overseas.
- Science & Society
No New Meds
With drug firms in retreat, the pipeline for new psychiatric medications dries up.
- Earth
Salvage Job
With fertilizer prices skyrocketing, scientists scramble to recover phosphorus from waste.
By Roberta Kwok - Chemistry
Disorder at Work
Proteins without a definite shape can still take on important jobs.
By Tanya Lewis - Humans
Urban Eyes
Too much time spent indoors may be behind a surge in nearsightedness.
By Nathan Seppa - Life
Group to Group
Wild chimpanzees pick up ant-fishing behavior from a female immigrant.
By Erin Wayman - Health & Medicine
Little Mind Benders
Parasites that sneak into the brain may alter your behavior and health.
By Susan Milius - Physics
Heart of the Matter
Neutrinos’ shifty behavior might help explain why the universe has so much stuff in it.
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