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  1. Math

    Goldbach Computations

    In 1742, historian and mathematician Christian Goldbach (1690–1764) wrote a letter to Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) in which he suggested, in effect, that every integer greater than 5 is the sum of three prime numbers. A prime number is evenly divisible only by itself and 1. Nowadays, Goldbach’s conjecture is expressed in the following equivalent form: […]

    By Ivars Peterson
  2. Earth

    Toxic Controversy: Perchlorate found in milk, but risk is debated

    Researchers in Texas have detected the chemical perchlorate in milk, crops, and a significant portion of the state's groundwater.

    By Ben Harder

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    Your article didn’t include even a hint about the controversy about the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.