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  1. Math

    Prized Geometric Logic

    Computer programs can handle all sorts of data, from sums of money in bank accounts to sensor readings from scientific instruments. In many cases, the data are a set of discrete elements, such as temperatures. Moreover, some elements of a set may be larger in value than others, or they may exhibit some other relationship […]

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  2. Touching legs turns shy locusts gregarious

    Researchers have discovered that sensing repeated touch on the hind leg triggers a shy, green locust to flip into swarming mode.

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  3. Physics

    Moon may radio cosmic rays’ biggest hits

    Efforts to use the moon to detect the highest-energy cosmic rays get a boost from an experiment showing that gamma rays zipping through a giant sandbox cause the kind of microwave bursts moon-watchers are hoping to see.