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  1. Computing

    The Machine’s Got Rhythm

    By teaching computers how to transcribe musical recordings, a relatively mundane task, researchers are opening new musical possibilities.

    By Julie Rehmeyer
  2. Humans

    Letters from the April 21, 2007, issue of Science News

    How the West isn’t one The author of “Why So Dry? Ocean temperatures alone don’t explain droughts” (SN: 2/10/07, p. 84), seems to feel, like most other writers do, that “the western United States” properly covers all geographical bases. Believe me, the Pacific Northwest is anything but dry. One other point about geography: Weather phenomena, […]

    By Science News
  3. Math

    Forms of Symmetry

    Group theory inspires a West Coast sculptor.

    By Julie Rehmeyer
  4. Math

    Euler’s Beautiful Equation

    Leonhard Euler, one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, was born 300 years ago on April 15, 1707.