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    ‘I Almost Sound Like a Crazy Person, But I Think It’s a Superconductor’Scientists are again buzzing about a potential breakthrough in superconductivity. Will this be another disappointment?
    By Jeff Wise
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    The Floating Speck That Promised to Change the WorldA room-temperature superconductor would be a physics miracle, and for a few days, it looked real.
    By Jeff Wise
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    Why Are Orcas Targeting and Sometimes Sinking Boats in Southern Europe?There were two more incidents of orcas going after boats in the Strait of Gibraltar this week, and it’s still not clear what is causing the behavior.
    By Chas Danner
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    Scott Walker’s High-School Science Teacher Scolds Him for Evolution Dodge“He could have manned up a bit.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    Psychedelic Drugs — More Mind-Starving Than Mind-ExpandingMagic mushrooms cut off blood supply to your brain.
    By Nitasha Tiku
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    Would You Believe That Slackers Are Less Stressed Than Type-A’s?Science tackles the hard questions.
    By Nitasha Tiku
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    What Separates Us From Chimps?Lost DNA.
    By Nitasha Tiku
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    Reasons Not to Fall Into a Black Hole in Outer Space“There’s no way of telling anyone about the light at the end of tunnel.”
    By Nitasha Tiku
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    Instead of Humans Contracting Gonorrhea, Gonorrhea Has Contracted (a Bit of) HumanityMan bites dog.
    By Nitasha Tiku
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    So a Japanese Scientist Wants to Resurrect the Woolly MammothDoes no one remember what happened in ‘Ice Age 2: The Meltdown’?
    By Chris Rovzar
  11. intergalactic planetary
    There Is a Mysterious Green Blob in Outer Space — And It’s AliveIt’s lonely, you guys.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  12. science
    Scientist Figures Out What Makes Women Happy: OxytocinHis methodology may have been a little off.
    By Nitasha Tiku
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    Did Life on Earth Start With a Zombie Virus From Outer Space?Necropanspermia explains it all.
    By Nitasha Tiku
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    Scientists’ Live Whale-Song Network Borrows Plot of Star Trek IV’Star Trek’ is to scientists what ‘Minority Report’ is to techies.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  15. human behavior
    The Test for Self-awareness in Animals Might Not Be Sensitive EnoughMacaques demonstrate their self-awareness by touching their genitals in a mirror.
    By Nitasha Tiku
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    Large Hadron Collider Has an Exotic-Matter FetishSparticles, diquarks, and leptoquarks! We don’t even know what they are, but we’re excited!
    By Nitasha Tiku
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    Missing Link Found, Evolution Continues ApaceOr that’s what scientists are claiming, and now they’re likening themselves to pop stars.
    By Jessica Coen