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The January 2009 issue of Discover Magazine

100 Top Science Stories of 2008

The Sciences

The Father of Dark Matter Still Gets No Respect

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Planet Earth

#36: Creationism Lurks in Public High Schools

Technology

#74: Viruses Are Put to Work Building Superbatteries

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#44: The Baffling Bee Die-Off Continues

Mind

#52: Musical Ability Seems to Be 50 Percent Genetic

#91: Humans Have 5 Universal Facial Muscles—and 10 Optional Ones

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Health

Why Did Western Drs. Promote Tobacco While the Nazis Fought Cancer?

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#64: Spain Gives Great Apes Legal Rights

#69: Physicists Create a Perfect Place to Store Electricity

Environment

#21: Plants Inspire a Better Way to Store Solar Energy

#43: Next-Level Quantum Spookiness

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#31: Fish Farming Threatens Wild Salmon

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