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  1. Life

    Curtain drops after ants’ final act

    A handful of ants remain outside to close the colony door at sunset and sacrifice their lives in the act.

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  2. Largest known prime number found

    Featured Math Trek column: The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, a cooperative computing project, helps find a prime that has nearly 13 million digits.

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  3. Math

    Following the ocean swirls

    The mathematics of dynamical systems reveals ocean dynamics, an understanding that could improve the monitoring of ocean processes.

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  4. Humans

    The Science Vote

    Science News runs down what the two presidential candidates and their campaigns have been saying about science and technology issues.