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  1. Math

    Cutting a Pie Is No Piece of Cake

    Mathematicians find that slicing a pie into fair pieces is harder than divvying up a sheet cake. The problem is that pie cuts are radial, not parallel.

    By Julie Rehmeyer
  2. Humans

    Bad Influence: TV, movies linked to adolescent smoking

    White adolescents who have frequent exposure to television and R-rated movies are more likely to try smoking than are their peers with less exposure to these media.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Planetary Science

    Saturn’s rings: A panoramic perspective

    Sailing high above Saturn's equator, NASA's Cassini spacecraft took the most sweeping views of the planet's icy rings ever recorded.

    By Ron Cowen

  4. Schizophrenia Plus and Minus: Cognitive course nudges patients into workforce

    Antipsychotic drugs exert disappointingly modest effects on the quality of life of people with schizophrenia, although a new cognitive-training program shows promise as a way to get these psychiatric patients into the workforce.