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The green sludge that could transform our diets

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Apollo 13: Enhanced images reveal life on stricken spacecraft

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Man accidentally ejects himself from fighter jet during surprise flight

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The Highland Park Drug Ring

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A new machine can translate brain activity directly into written sentences

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