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  1. Tech

    Frankenstein’s Chips

    As evidence mounts that drug-safety trials can miss dangerous effects, scientists are building living, miniature models of animals and people to enhance drug and chemical tests.

    By Peter Weiss
  2. Math

    Artful Routes

    Finding the shortest routes linking cities can also produce intricate continuous-line portraits.

    By Ivars Peterson
  3. Earth

    Climate Storm: Kyoto pact is confirmed, but conflict continues

    Controversy flared over the link between climate change and increasing storm activity at the first international climate change meeting since the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol was assured.

    By David Shiga
  4. Ecosystems

    Fallout Feast: Vent crabs survive on victims of plume

    Researchers in Taiwan propose an explanation for how so many crabs can survive at shallow-water hydrothermal vents.