1. Astronomers eclipse record for most distant massive object

The University of Michigan News Service  Feb. 24, 2005 ANN ARBOR, Mich.—An international team of astronomers using the world's largest X-ray and optical telescopes have spotted the most distant massive object ever detected, a...

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2. No taste for yard mushrooms? Just 'kick them over'

By Rob Pavey| Staff Writer Wednesday, September 12, 2007 "Everybody likes them on pizza, but nobody wants them in the yard," said Sid Mullis, the University of Georgia Extension Service director for Richmond County. Ty...

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3. When You're a Flaky Genius, Problems Can Cease to Exist

TONY PERRY. "When You're a Flaky Genius, Problems Can Cease to Exist :[San Diego County Edition]. " Los Angeles Times (pre-1997 Fulltext)  [Los Angeles, Calif.] 1  Sep. 1991,1. Los Angeles Time...

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4. 4 North Americans Win Nobel Prizes for Science

BROWNE, MALCOLM W.. "4 North Americans Win Nobel Prizes for Science :[Biography]. " New York Times  [New York, N.Y.] 14  Oct. 1993, Late Edition (East Coast):  A.6. New York Times. ...

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5. La Jolla Surfer Among Nobel Science Winners

Kary B. Mullis, an intellectual maverick who surfs La Jolla beaches at sunrise and skates on Rollerblades every night, was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday along with Michael Smith of Vancouver, Canada, for fundamental breakthrough...

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6. Nobel Prizes Underscore Value of Basic Science Research

Michael Smith of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver shares the chemistry prize with Kary B. Mullis of La Jolla, Calif. Dr. Smith developed ways to splice foreign DNA into an organism's genetic instructions. Dr. Mullis developed a te...

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