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A sensory organ, not the brain, differentiates male and female behavior in some mammals: Female mice with mutant vomeronasal organ exhibit male sexual behavior, abandon maternal actions (thanks, dsgood)

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Largest Known Exoplanet Discovered -- "The largest planet ever discovered is also one of the strangest and theoretically should not even exist, scientists say."

New Fossils Support Deep-Sea Origin of Life

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Oil, Gas Plunge on Economic Worries | Dow soars 287 as oil prices slip

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Weinstein on CNN re Breaking "Christian Embassy" News -- a DailyKos diary. Please read. Terrible. Important.

3 friends lined up, shot dead at Newark school

Study: Laser printers may pose health risks

Scientists reveal secret of levitation -- Um, cool?!

Bonfire of the homebuilders: By rushing into lending, homebuilders helped fuel the housing crisis -- The fingerpointing has begun.