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  1. Math

    Closing the Gap on Twin Primes

    A long-sought proof that there are infinitely many pairs of primes that differ by only 2 may not be far away.

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  2. Earth

    Letters from the July 16, 2005, issue of Science News

    Muddy, clarified “Muddy Waters” (SN: 5/21/05, p. 328), on the deleterious effect of dams on coastal systems, contains a major conceptual error. It states that “another important cause of the ground sinking is the waning of sediment deposition by the Mississippi River.” But over the past 100 million years, the northern Gulf Coast region has […]

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  3. 19574

    In your article, you describe Einstein’s negative reaction to Newton’s proposition that gravity acts instantaneously on two objects.