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  1. Math

    The influence of influence in Prisoner’s Dilemma

    Cooperation wins out over betrayal when successful prisoners recruit followers.

    By Patrick Barry
  2. Earth

    The Hunt for Habitable Planets

    Here and now, a new suite of small telescopes are poised to look for Earthlike planets beyond the solar system.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Physics

    Physicists Hot for Ultracold

    Physicists have recently coaxed molecules into ultracold states in which motion is nearly gone.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Health & Medicine

    Imagination Medicine

    Brain imaging reveals the substance of placebos. Expectation alone triggers the same neural circuits and chemicals as real drugs.

    By Jeanne Erdmann
  5. Space

    First LHC proton collisions postponed further

    The world’s most powerful atom smasher won’t reopen for business until the end of June at the earliest, rather than in April as scientists had previously estimated.