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  1. Humans

    From the August 21, 1937, issue

    Solar astronomers argue over the influence of sunspots on the weather, Hubble (the man, not the telescope) finds a comet, and paramecia discover sex.

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  2. Earth

    O River Deltas, Where Art Thou? Coastal sinking stalls sediment accumulation

    The western coast of Siberia lacks river deltas because of the way the terrain has subsided since the end of the last ice age.

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  3. Physics

    Crueltyfree: Counting photons without killing them

    A delicate quantum measurement counts photons without destroying them.

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  4. Astronomy

    Separation Anxiety: Cosmic collision may shed light on dark matter

    The debris from an ancient collision of galaxy clusters seems to show cosmic dark matter behaving in a puzzling way.