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  1. Math

    Circle Game

    Packing circles within a circle turns a mathematical surprise.

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  2. Isn’t It a Bloomin’ Crime?

    Darwin called them felons, those creatures that take nectar without pollinating anything, but some modern scientists are reopening the case.

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  3. Tech

    Oceans of Electricity

    The world's first commercial wave-power plant began pumping current into a Scottish island's electric grid last winter, just ahead of a host of competing schemes for converting ocean-wave motion into electricity.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Fatty Findings

    A recently discovered protein may explain at least part of the molecular mechanisms behind links among obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and even some cancers.