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  1. Archaeology

    Original Microbrews

    Pots, vats, and other artifacts unearthed on three continents are giving archaeologists new clues about ancient cultures' beer-brewing practices.

    By Carrie Lock
  2. Physics

    Information, Please

    Understanding whether the information swallowed by black holes is destroyed forever may provide physicists with new clues for unifying gravity and quantum theories.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Tech

    Hungry for Nano

    The food industry is turning to nanotechnology as it searches for innovations that could bring safer, healthier, and tastier products to consumers.

    By Alexandra Goho
  4. Physics

    Extreme Impersonations

    By creating tiny clouds of remarkable new kinds of ultracold gases, physicists are, in essence, bringing to their lab benches chunks of some of the most extraordinary and hard-to-study matter in the universe.