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Scale-Free Networks
Scientists have recently discovered that various complex systems have an underlying architecture governed by shared organizing principles. This insight has important implications for a host of applications, from drug development to Internet security
The Orphan Drug Backlash
The Orphan Drug Act of 1983 was supposed to provide incentives for private industry to develop needed, but unprofitable, drugs to treat rare diseases. It has done so, but not without eliciting controversy
The Iceman Reconsidered
Where was the Iceman's home and what was he doing at the high mountain pass where he died? Painstaking research--especially of plant remains found with the body--contradicts many of the initial speculations
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Parallel Universes
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Interstellar Pelting
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A Digital Slice of Pi
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Not So Happy Together
A Face in the Car Crowd
Pulling the Lever
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Insulin from Bone Marrow
Seeing Red
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Math's Most Wanted
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Show Me the Body
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Doing What Comes Unnaturally
- 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
Martian Reality ; Zeppelin Dreams ; Creationist Dogma
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Misguided Missile Shield
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Data Points: May 2003
Brief Points: May 2003
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Ask the Experts: May 2003
