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  1. The Genetic Dimension of Height and Health

    It may be no tall tale: A few inches taller or shorter could signal a risk for some diseases.

    By Solmaz Barazesh
  2. Animals

    Swarm Savvy

    How bees, ants and other animals avoid dumb collective decisions

    By Susan Milius
  3. Plants

    Landscaper’s darling hybridizes into an environmental nuisance

    Variation underlies the Callery pear tree’s transformation .

    By Susan Milius

  4. At Nobel Conference, scientists and public converse

    Physics professor Charles Niederriter of Gustavus Adolphus College directs the Nobel Conference, an annual forum where scientists and the public discuss a contemporary scientific topic. Held every year at Gustavus Adolphus, in Saint Peter, Minn.,