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1. 'Blinding' an insect's sense of smell may be the best repellent

   By Tormod, February 22, 2005
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   • Michaelangelica
   • August 21, 2007

2. Do Supermassive Black Holes Stunt Stellar Birth in Galaxies?

   By C1ay, August 20, 2007
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   • C1ay
   • August 20, 2007

3. Speeding-Bullet Star Leaves Enormous Streak Across Sky

   By C1ay, August 16, 2007
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   • Michaelangelica
   • August 19, 2007

4. Beyond Batteries: Storing Power in a Sheet of Paper

   By C1ay, August 15, 2007
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   • sanctus
   • August 19, 2007

5. SCO Loses

   By C1ay, August 11, 2007
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   • August 16, 2007

6. Did life begin in space?

   By C1ay, August 14, 2007
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   • freeztar
   • August 15, 2007

7. Pollution causes 40 percent of deaths worldwide

   By C1ay, August 14, 2007
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   • ronthepon
   • August 15, 2007

8. Research Shows Skeleton to be Endocrine Organ

   By C1ay, August 13, 2007
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   • C1ay
   • August 13, 2007

9. Bright Galaxies Hidden In Distant Universe Unveiled

   By C1ay, August 10, 2007
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   • C1ay
   • August 10, 2007

10. Exciting New Kenyan Fossils

    By C1ay, August 9, 2007
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    • C1ay
    • August 9, 2007

11. Eight-million-year-old bug is alive and growing

    By C1ay, August 7, 2007
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    • raghu
    • August 8, 2007

12. Solving Sudokus - Coloring by Numbers

    By C1ay, August 8, 2007
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    • Turtle
    • August 8, 2007

13. Great Perseids

    By C1ay, July 11, 2007
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    • C1ay
    • August 8, 2007

14. UQ researchers discover some of the oldest forms of life

    By Mercedes Benzene, August 7, 2007
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    • Mercedes Benzene
    • August 7, 2007

15. Scientist float levitation theory

    By C1ay, August 6, 2007
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    • C1ay
    • August 6, 2007

16. NASA Spacecraft Heads for Polar Region of Mars

    By C1ay, August 6, 2007
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    • Jay-qu
    • August 6, 2007

17. Beware the Piranha

    By C1ay, July 30, 2007
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    • C1ay
    • August 6, 2007

18. Uncovering the Veil Nebula

    By Jay-qu, August 3, 2007
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    • ronthepon
    • August 3, 2007

19. Dreamy Lunar Eclipse

    By C1ay, August 3, 2007
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    • C1ay
    • August 3, 2007

20. Quantum Square Dance

    By C1ay, August 2, 2007
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    • C1ay
    • August 2, 2007

21. Renewable Petroleum

    By freeztar, July 31, 2007
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    • DougF
    • August 1, 2007

22. Lunar Flash Mystery Solved

    By C1ay, August 1, 2007
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    • C1ay
    • August 1, 2007

23. Atomic layer deposition fuels future solutions to nation's energy challenges

    By C1ay, August 1, 2007
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    • C1ay
    • August 1, 2007

24. MIT duo see people-powered "Crowd Farm"

    By InfiniteNow, July 27, 2007
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    • sanctus
    • July 27, 2007

25. Unique, Photosynthesizing Life-Form Discovered

    By C1ay, July 27, 2007
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    • C1ay
    • July 27, 2007