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  1. Math

    The Great Tile Debate

    For subway flooring, why switch from hexagonal to square tiles?

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  2. Humans

    From the October 17, 1936, issue

    A million volts to fight cancer, relief from migraines, and differing sensitivity to sound.

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  3. Humans

    Insect Close-Ups

    Psychology professor David Yager of the University of Maryland has focused his research on the evolution of hearing. In the course of this work, he has produced extraordinary, close-up portraits of a variety of insects. His image of a Cuban cockroach recently won second place for photography in the National Science Foundation’s annual Science and […]

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Prep Work: Bird-flu vaccine might work better with primer

    Giving people a vaccine against an existing form of avian influenza might help them respond better when given a shot for a future strain of the virus during a pandemic.