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IgNobel Awards Test: Which One of These is False?

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Something a bit different for our geography quiz for Friday. In fact, you could call it an "Oh, gee-whiz" quiz instead. Each year, the IgNobel awards spoof scientific research and achievements that "first make people laugh and then make them think." Okay, mostly laugh, if the awards handed out Thursday night are any indication. With […]

New cups alert drinkers to presence of date rape drugs

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New York Times’ Jill Abramson on Leading the Paper

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