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- This is what it would take to kill all life on Earth (Science)
- Jane Austen, home brewer (Mental Floss)
- At least 75 percent of our DNA really is useless junk after all (New Scientist)
- Can't shake old ideas? Wash them off, suggests Rotman study. (University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management)
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