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Materials ScienceMaterials Take Wing
Materials scientists are finding new uses for the billions of pounds of feathers produced each year by the poultry industry.
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AstronomyThe Milky Way’s Middle
Sensitive X-ray, infrared, and radio telescopes are now providing an extraordinarily clear view of the dust-shrouded center of our galaxy.
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Health & MedicineThe Hunger Hormone?
Scientists may have finally found the body’s dinner bell.
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AnthropologyA Fair Share of the Pie
A cross-cultural project suggests that people everywhere divvy up food and make other economic deals based on social concepts of fairness, not individual self-interest.