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  1. Math

    Navigating Celestial Currents

    Mathematicians are creating an atlas of solar system highways along which spacecraft can coast using no fuel.

    By Erica Klarreich
  2. Health & Medicine

    The Race to Prescribe

    Race-based medicine could be a stepping-stone to the higher goal of targeting medicines toward the genetics of individual patients, but some researchers are troubled by the implications of practicing medicine according to patients' racial identities.

    By Ben Harder
  3. Math

    Sosa’s Corked Bat

    Does Sammy Sosa's hitting reveal a corked-bat effect?

    By Ivars Peterson
  4. Humans

    From the April 6, 1935, issue

    Early cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C., nebulae as remnants of exploded stars, and 6,000-year-old leftovers.