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  1. Wired for math

    The same neural circuits that adults use to perform complex calculations are already at work in preschoolers doing basic math.

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  2. Humans

    Clinical trials really pay off

    Large-scale human trials of new treatments in medicine have the potential to offer huge economic benefits from improved quality of life.

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  3. Physics

    Confined gas rejects compromise

    Pairs of tiny gas clouds of unequal energies mixing inside narrow tubes retain their original energy differences.

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  4. Animals

    Just turn your back, Mom

    A female in a species of legless amphibians called caecilians nourishes her youngsters by letting them eat the skin off her back.