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Letter: For the record – 13 April 2019

Published 10 April 2019

• A sweeter cube: mathematician Louis Mordell’s question is whether each integer can be expressed as the sum of the cubes of three integers (23 March, p 16).

• Looking for alignment of black holes’ spins is one way to find out what brings them together; there may be others (30 March, p 13).

• The trial of manipulation of cell surface sugars to help treat cancer is being run by a company called Phytoquest (30 March, p 34).

Issue no. 3225 published 13 April 2019

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