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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Space

    The Status Quark

    Murray Gell-Mann reflects on matter’s building blocks and scientists’ resistance to new ideas.

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  2. Space

    Particle imbalance may upset the apple cart

    An asymmetry that the standard model of particle physics may not account for hints at the existence of a new and massive elementary particle.

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  3. Space

    Extrasolar planets at full tilt

    Violent interactions between planets may have played a key role in shaping the architecture of many extrasolar planet systems. The sun’s planetary system may have escaped or recovered from such a catastrophe.

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  4. Astronomy

    Comet dust harbors life’s building blocks

    Samples collected from a comet’s halo suggest comets could have carried amino acids to the early Earth

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  5. Tech

    Scientists propose lab-grade black holes

    Creating tiny, artificial black holes could help uncover what happens to particles on the edge of full-sized black holes.

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  6. Space

    Half the boom better than no boom at all

    The Large Hadron Collider will begin colliding protons at half of the designed energy this November, with plans to repair the faulty sections of the accelerator at the end of 2010.

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  7. Space

    Titan may host prebiotic brew

    Saturn’s moon Titan may harbor a prebiotic mix of chemicals similar to those present at the dawn of life on Earth.

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  8. Planetary Science

    Stars go kaboom, spilling cosmic secrets

    Astronomers hope type 1a supernovas will help in quest to explain dark energy.

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  9. Space

    Galaxies going green

    An unusual group of green, pea-shaped galaxies may be nearby analogs of remote galaxies undergoing a high rate of star formation.

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  10. Earth

    Comet likely culprit in Tunguska blast

    Analysis of shuttle plume movement suggests Tunguska event could have caused clouds over London.

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  11. Space

    Rotation may solve cosmic mystery

    Astronomers propose a new explanation for the formation of the darkest galaxies in the universe.

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  12. Space

    Evidence mounts for liquid interior of a Saturn moon

    Cassini researchers find additional support in the moon's plumes.

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