Scientists to Watch 2016

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  Science & Society

  The SN 10: Meet the scientists making the next big discoveries

  By Elizabeth QuillSeptember 21, 2016

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  Life

  Aneil Agrawal unites math and mess

  By Susan MiliusSeptember 21, 2016

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  Health & Medicine

  Phil Baran finds simple recipes for complex molecules

  By Eva EmersonSeptember 21, 2016

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  Neuroscience

  Jessica Cantlon seeks the origins of numerical thinking

  By Elizabeth QuillSeptember 21, 2016

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  Materials Science

  Qian Chen makes matter come alive

  By Meghan RosenSeptember 21, 2016

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  Humans

  Lawrence David’s gut check gets personal

  By Tina Hesman SaeySeptember 21, 2016

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  Astronomy

  Anna Frebel digs a young universe

  By Christopher CrockettSeptember 21, 2016

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  Neuroscience

  Jeremy Freeman seeks to simplify complex brain science

  By Laura SandersSeptember 21, 2016

We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

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  Computing

  Shayan Oveis Gharan finds the shortest route to success

  By Emily ConoverSeptember 21, 2016

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  Oceans

  Melissa Omand’s clever tech follows the fate of ocean carbon

  By Thomas SumnerSeptember 21, 2016

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  Physics

  Tenio Popmintchev fits X-ray laser on a tabletop

  By Alexandra WitzeSeptember 21, 2016