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  1. Making Data Work

    Researchers pursue analogy between statistical evidence and thermodynamics.

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  2. Earth

    The facts behind the frack

    The gas, primarily methane, is cheap and relatively clean. Because America is brimful of the stuff, harvesting the fuel via fracking could provide the country jobs and reduce its dependence on foreign sources of energy.

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  3. As Told By the Egg

    The story of fertilization, from the female point of view.

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  4. Uncommon Carriers

    People have a surprising number of rare genetic variants.

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  5. Tangled Roots

    Mingling among Stone Age peoples muddies humans’ evolutionary story.