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- Physics
Screwy symmetry revealed
Math trick that reverses spirals and other shapes that twist and turn should provide new ways to understand and design materials.
- Math
Cells take on traveling salesman problem
With neither minds nor maps- chemical-sensing immune players do well with decades-old mathematical problem, a computer simulation reveals.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Food tastes less fatty to overweight people, plus an itch protein and thirsty rats in this week’s news.
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Genes & Cells
The genes for caffeine cravings, plus rare variants and shaping eyes in this week’s news.
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Hanging in the balance
What is the fate of the universe?
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Out of the fabric
Are space and time fundamental?
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Strung together
Is there a theory of everything?
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In the dark
What is the universe made of?
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Pre-Bang branes and bubbles
What happened before the big bang?
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Cosmic questions, answers pending
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