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  1. Beware the Long Tail

    Economic models of risk don’t add up, cadre of researchers caution.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg

  2. Like a Bolt from Above

    Lightning scientists begin to solve electric mysteries.

    By Alexandra Witze
  3. Health & Medicine

    Reviving A Tired Heart

    With a bit of encouragement, the life-giving muscle may renew itself.

    By Laura Beil
  4. Physics

    The Ultimate Clock

    Keeping precise time on the universe’s scale.

    By Charles Petit
  5. Astronomy

    A Shadowed Past

    Understanding of moon’s earliest days gets even murkier.

    By Nadia Drake
  6. Life

    Singled Out

    How to study cells, one by one.