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1. The Colorful Demise of a Sun-like Star

   By Jay-qu, February 13, 2007
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   • ronthepon
   • February 14, 2007

2. Dawkins Called To Defend Atheists On CNN

   By Lancaster, February 13, 2007
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   • InfiniteNow
   • February 14, 2007

3. New drug may dissolve tumors' defense against chemotherapy

   By InfiniteNow, February 12, 2007
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   • Celeste
   • February 13, 2007

4. MIT 'optics on a chip'

   By C1ay, February 10, 2007
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   • February 10, 2007

5. Plants defy Mendel's inheritance laws, may prompt textbook changes

   By C1ay, March 26, 2005
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   • Michaelangelica
   • February 10, 2007

6. NASA's Largest Space Telescope Mirror Will See Deeper Into Space

   By C1ay, February 8, 2007
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   • infamous
   • February 9, 2007

7. Satellites and Sea Lions: Working Together to Improve Ocean Models

   By C1ay, February 7, 2007
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   • smartypant
   • February 8, 2007

8. Volcanic ash could be used to mass-produce Carbon Nanotubes

   By gribbon, February 7, 2007
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   • February 7, 2007

9. Very-high-energy gamma ray emitter dicscovered

   By C1ay, February 6, 2007
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   • February 6, 2007

10. Physicists find way to 'see' extra dimensions

    By C1ay, February 3, 2007
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    • rocket art
    • February 6, 2007

11. Cassini Images Mammoth Cloud Engulfing Titan's North Pole

    By C1ay, February 5, 2007
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    • C1ay
    • February 5, 2007

12. A NASA Space Sleuth Hunts the Trail of Earth's Water

    By C1ay, February 1, 2007
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    • Michaelangelica
    • February 5, 2007

13. CDF precision measurement of W-boson mass suggests a lighter Higgs particle

    By InfiniteNow, January 24, 2007
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    • kay-pee
    • February 2, 2007

14. Hubble Probes Layer-cake Structure of Alien World's Atmosphere

    By Jay-qu, January 31, 2007
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    • Jay-qu
    • January 31, 2007

15. Origami Lens Slims High Resolution Cameras

    By C1ay, January 31, 2007
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    • ronthepon
    • January 31, 2007

16. Lutetia asteroid in Rosetta’s spotlight

    By C1ay, January 30, 2007
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    • C1ay
    • January 30, 2007

17. Hydrogen-Powered Lawnmowers?

    By C1ay, January 25, 2007
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    • CraigD
    • January 29, 2007

18. Norway Outlaws iTunes

    By C1ay, January 26, 2007
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    • Tormod
    • January 27, 2007

19. Theoretical Physicists Develop Test for String Theory

    By C1ay, January 26, 2007
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    • C1ay
    • January 26, 2007

20. An Explosion on the Moon

    By C1ay, December 26, 2005
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    • Turtle
    • January 24, 2007

21. Paleontologists discover most primitive primate skeleton

    By Tormod, January 24, 2007
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    • Tormod
    • January 24, 2007

22. Probing the secrets of 'junk' DNA

    By C1ay, January 16, 2007
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    • maikeru
    • January 24, 2007

23. Cow tipping - reality or myth?

    By CraigD, November 12, 2005
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    • Pyrotex
    • January 22, 2007

24. Dark energy may be vacuum

    By C1ay, January 17, 2007
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    • Dov Henis
    • January 21, 2007

25. Zooming to Pluto, New Horizons Closes in on Jupiter

    By C1ay, January 21, 2007
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    • C1ay
    • January 21, 2007