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  1. Fig-Wasp Upset: Classic partnership isn’t so tidy after all

    Genetic analysis suggests that a textbook example of a tight buddy system in nature—fig species that supposedly each have their own pollinating wasp species—may need to be rewritten.

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  2. Math

    Spheres in Disguise: Solid proof offered for famous conjecture

    A Russian mathematician has proposed a proof of the Poincaré conjecture, a question about the shapes of three-dimensional spaces.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Teen taters, too

    The epidemic of adolescent obesity may owe more to a paucity of exercise than to a growing intake of calories.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Athletes develop whey-better muscles

    Dietary supplements coupling whey and creatine promote the development of bigger, stronger muscles in experienced body builders.