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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Math

    Super Bowl Crashes

    Should you stay off the road immediately after the Super Bowl telecast is over?

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  2. Math

    Life on the Scales

    A mathematical equation helps explain life processes on all biological scales, from molecules to ecosystems.

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  3. Math

    Knot Divided in Snow

    The Möbius strip gets embedded in a knotty block of snow.

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  4. Math

    Hospitals motivated to skimp on infection control

    A new mathematical model suggests that the presence of nearby hospitals may give a hospital an economic incentive to relax its infection-control efforts.

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  5. Math

    Sizing Up Complex Webs: Close or far, many networks look the same

    Complex networks, including the World Wide Web, have a common architecture with snowflakes and trees.

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  6. Math

    Thirteen Spades

    Poor shuffling can distort play in the game of bridge.

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  7. Math

    When Laziness Pays: Math explains how cooperation and cheating evolve

    Researchers have developed a mathematical model that helps explain how cooperation and cheating evolve among simple organisms.

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  8. Math

    Going with the Crowd

    Choosing a restaurant can pack them in.

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  9. Math

    Artful Routes

    Finding the shortest routes linking cities can also produce intricate continuous-line portraits.

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  10. Math

    Sphere Worlds

    Painting on spheres offers a novel perspective on the world.

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  11. Math

    Pennies in a Tray

    Packing pennies in circular trays can lead to intriguing mathematical complexities.

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  12. Math

    Take a Chance

    Researchers are helping to turn the art of generating randomness into a precise science.

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