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A typical beginning of the season
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Precision spectroscopy of lithium ions in a storage ring confirm time dilation. That's a relief.
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Steven Brust needs money to pay medical bills. Also, you should buy his books.
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A proposal of a scheme for "stopping" light inside a negative-index metamaterial.
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New calculations may provide an explanation for the brighter-than-expected supernova seen last year.
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"36. Cedric the Entertainer: Fat, unfunny, and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
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