The effect of the two intertwined has been to make something of a mess of the statistics about the most popular news stories.

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Although the theory that describes the interaction of quarks and gluons is on a firm conceptual footing, it is so complicated in practice that it can take years to make a single calculation of something like the shape of a proton even using the most powerful supercomputers.

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Getting the most out of medicines that do make it to market will require better relationships with health insurers, something D'Amelio, who has served on the board of insurer Humana, may also be able to help with.

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