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Aer Lingus demonstrates the fine grasp of Northeast US geography that we usually associate with Manhattanites.
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Fascinating cartoons drawn by a Japanese POW in the Soviet Union.
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Innumeracy leads to bad journalism.
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"To date, there has been no general way of determining if the Copernican principle--that we live at a typical position in the Universe--is in fact a valid assumption, significantly weakening the foundations of cosmology as a scientific endeavor."
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