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  1. Agriculture

    The Ultimate Crop Insurance

    A new treaty renews hope that the waning diversity in agricultural crops can be slowed, and important genes preserved, both in the field and in gene banks.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Health & Medicine

    Figuring Out Fibroids

    Researchers now have a better understanding of which women develop fibroids and what causes them.

    By Ben Harder
  3. Math

    College Football, Rankings, and Wandering Monkeys

    The system for ranking college football teams to see who plays for the national championship has flaws.

    By Ivars Peterson
  4. Humans

    From the September 1, 1934, issue

    A new German zeppelin under construction, fossils of giant pigs, and word recognition in dogs.