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  1. Math

    A Graceful Sculpture’s Showy Snow Crash

    Brent Collins has spent more than two decades carving gracefully curvaceous sculptures out of wood. Born of his imagination, rendered in wire and wax, then painstakingly realized in wood in his Gower, Missouri, workshop, each creation demands many weeks of labor. Whirled White Web: An award-winning, ill-fated snow sculpture. Séquin Central portion of Scherk’s second […]

    By Ivars Peterson
  2. Agriculture

    Bt Cotton: Yields up in India; pests low in Arizona

    Two cotton-growing centers that could hardly differ more—small farms in India and industrial fields in Arizona—provide case studies that show the bright side of a widespread genetically engineered crop.

    By Susan Milius

  3. Bad Sleepers Hurry Death: Snoozing soundly staves off the Big Sleep

    Healthy elderly people who experienced difficulty falling or staying asleep die from natural causes at a much higher rate than those who slept well.