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• Bad Probability and Economic Disaster; or How Ignoring Bayes Theorem Caused the Mess
  It turns out your math teacher was right when she told you to always check your assumptions — if you don’t, you just might cause a catastrophic economic disaster.
• Dozen Athletes Are Donating Their Brains for Study on Concussions
  Sports stars are using their brains in an effort to understand the long-term effects of concussions. Literally: They are giving scientists their brains.
• How Our Culture Keeps Students Out of Science
  A shortage of top-quality American computer scientists sends Bill Gates on a visa quest in Washington.
• Evolving the Single Daddy
  How are clam sperm hijacking eggs and throwing out their female DNA? To quote the author: “In short, it’s a sexual process with an asexual outcome. Now that’s kinky.”
• 113 New Sharks and Rays Announced in Australia
  Genetic research provides surfers with 113 more reasons not to fall off their boards.

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