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  1. Mathematics by collaboration

    The Polymath project harnesses the power of the Internet to use massive collaboration to solve a major problem in record time

    By Julie Rehmeyer

  2. Funding science research as a sustained enterprise

    At the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in October in Chicago, NIH Director Francis S. Collins discussed NIH funding and answered questions from reporters, including Science News writers Tina Hesman Saey and Laura Sanders.

    By Francis Collins

  3. From fringe to electromicrobiological mainstream

    Trained as a microbiologist, Ken Nealson pursues many interdisciplinary endeavors. He was a pioneer in the field of geomicrobiology and has worked on astrobiology and microbial fuel cells. He holds posts at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and the J.