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  1. 19772

    This new mathematical method for equitable cake sharing actually leads to a version of Zeno’s paradox. The problem is that the cake remnant left after the referee gives the two eaters their respective, equally valued pieces is no more likely than is the cake as a whole to be homogeneously desirable, thus creating the same […]

    By Science News
  2. Health & Medicine

    Catching Flu’s Drift: Vaccines fight unexpected influenza

    Vaccination can prevent three of every four flu infections, even when the vaccines are imperfectly tailored to block the common wintertime pathogens.

    By Ben Harder

  3. Feel No Pain, for Real: Mutation appears to underlie rare sensation disorder in a Pakistani family

    Scientists have tracked down a genetic mutation that makes some members of an unusual family unable to feel pain.