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Mathematicians Open a New Front on an Ancient Number Problem

By STEVE NADIS

For millennia, mathematicians have wondered whether odd perfect numbers exist, establishing an extraordinary list of restrictions for the hypothetical objects in the process. Insight on this question could come from studying the next best things.

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How Two Became One: Origins of a Mysterious Symbiosis Found

By VIVIANE CALLIER

Carpenter ants need endosymbiotic bacteria to guide the early development of their embryos. New work has reconstructed how this deep partnership evolved.

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A New Cosmic Tension: The Universe Might Be Too Thin

By CHARLIE WOOD

Cosmologists have concluded that the universe doesn’t appear to clump as much as it should. Could both of cosmology’s big puzzles share a single fix?

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